Curaçao Lesser Antilles Netherlands 1763 Bellin Rare Antique Engraved Sea Chart ANTIQUE COPPER ENGRAVED CHART CURAÇAO LESSER ANTILLES

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Seller: Top-Rated Seller cesgia ✉️ (20,111) 100%, Location: Perugia, IT, Ships to: WORLDWIDE, Item: 202532437243 CURAÇAO LESSER ANTILLES NETHERLANDS 1763 BELLIN RARE ANTIQUE ENGRAVED SEA CHART. CURAÇAO LESSER ANTILLES NETHERLANDS 1763 BELLIN RARE ANTIQUE ENGRAVED SEA CHART

CURAÇAO LESSER ANTILLES NETHERLANDS 1763 BELLIN RARE ANTIQUE ENGRAVED SEA CHART

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Isle de Curacao ou Corassol .

 

Description:   Striking and highly detailed fine unusual copper engraved map of tCuraçao, an island in the Dutch Antilles with an inset plan of Fort Amsterdam. Decorated with a title cartouche and compass rose, which orients the map with north to the upper right corner.   The original inhabitants of Curaçao were Arawak people. Their ancestors had migrated to the island from the mainland of South America, likely hundreds of years before Europeans arrived. They were believed to have migrated from the Amazon Basin.   The first Europeans recorded as seeing the island were members of a Spanish expedition under the leadership of Alonso de Ojeda in 1499. The Spaniards enslaved most of the Arawak as their labour force. They sometimes forcibly relocated the survivors to other colonies where workers were needed. In 1634, after the Netherlands achieved independence from Spain caused by Eighty Years' War, Dutch colonists started to occupy the island. European powers were trying to establish bases in the Caribbean.   The Dutch West India Company founded the capital of Willemstad on the banks of an inlet called the Schottegat. Curaçao had been ignored by colonists, because it lacked gold deposits. The natural harbour of Willemstad proved to be an ideal spot for trade. Commerce and shipping—and piracy—became Curaçao's most important economic activities. In addition, in 1662, the Dutch West India Company made Curaçao a centre for the Atlantic slave trade, often bringing slaves here for sale elsewhere in the Caribbean and on the mainland of South America.   Sephardic Jews with ancestors from the Iberian Peninsula settled here with the Dutch and in then-Dutch Brazil; they have had a significant influence on the culture and economy of the island.   In the Franco-Dutch War, Count Jean II d'Estrées planned to attack Curaçao. His fleet — 12 men of war, three fireships, two transports, a hospital ship, and 12 privateers — met with disaster, losing seven men-of-war and two other ships when they struck reefs off the Las Aves archipelago. They had made a serious navigational error, hitting the reefs on 11 May 1678, a week after setting sail from Saint Kitts. Curaçao marked the events by a day of thanksgiving, celebrated for decades into the 18th century, to commemorate the island's escape from being invaded by the French.   Although a few plantations were established on the island by the Dutch, the first profitable industry established on Curaçao was salt mining. The mineral was a lucrative export at the time and was a major factor for the island being part of international commerce .

Date: 1763 ( undated )

Dimension: Paper size approx.: cm 22,7 x 31,9 Condition: Very strong and dark impression on strong paper. Paper with chains. Map uncolored. Wide margins. Corners partially missing. Small foxing and browning. Small waterstains. Conditions are as you can see in the images. Mapmaker:   Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703 - March 21, 1772) was one of the most important cartographers of the 18th century. With a career spanning some 50 years, Bellin is best understood as geographe de cabinet and transitional mapmaker spanning the gap between 18th and early-19th century cartographic styles. His long career as Hydrographer and Ingénieur Hydrographe at the French Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine resulted in hundreds of high quality nautical charts of practically everywhere in the world. A true child of the Enlightenment Era, Bellin's work focuses on function and accuracy tending in the process to be less decorative than the earlier 17th and 18th century cartographic work. Unlike many of his contemporaries, Bellin was always careful to cite his references and his scholarly corpus consists of over 1400 articles on geography prepared for Diderot's Encyclopedie. Bellin, despite his extraordinary success, may not have enjoyed his work, which is described as "long, unpleasant, and hard." In addition to numerous maps and charts published during his lifetime, many of Bellin's maps were updated (or not) and published posthumously. He was succeeded as Ingénieur Hydrographe by his student, also a prolific and influential cartographer, Rigobert Bonne.  

All of the maps we sell are ORIGINALS. We guarantee all of our maps to be authentic. We do our best to describe the condition of our maps as accurately as possible. Due to the age and type of paper, some imperfections are to be expected. Please examine the images provided carefully, and if you have any questions please ask and we will be happy to help. A Certification of Authenticity ( COA ) can be issued on request I will send you all your item by Registered and Insured Airmal or by TNT/DHL with covering Insurance If you buy more than one item you have to pay just one only shipping cost Any map purchased from us may be returend for any reason for a full refund.     About:   Old Times Rare Antiquarian Books & Maps Sellers     Our Firm was founded in 1983 and we are specialized on antiquarian works on paper concerning Antique Rare Maps, Atlases and Travel Books of all the World. Our Firm adheres to the Codes of Ethics outlined by the Italian Antiquarian Booksellers Association ( ALAI ) and  International League of Antiquarian Booksellers ( ILAB ). All items sold by OLD TIMES are genuine and a Certificate of Authenticity (COA) will be happily supplied on request.     Many Thanks   Cesare Giannelli   OLD TIMES RARE ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS & MAPS SELLERS   Via Cortonese, 70 06124 - Perugia Italy   Phone/Fax:  0039 - 075 - 505 20 18   [link removed by eBay] View My Feedback View My Other Items For Sale View My About Me page Visit My eBay Store Add me to your Favorite Sellers

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  • Cartographer/Publisher: Jacques Nicholas Bellin
  • Country/Region: Panama
  • Date Range: 1700-1799
  • Format: Atlas Map
  • Original/Reproduction: Antique Original
  • Printing Technique: Copper Plate
  • Type: Nautical Map
  • Year: 1763

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