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Bellin - L' Isle de Formose


Certificate of Authentication


This is to certify that the item illustrated and described below is a genuine and
original antique map or print that was published on or near the given date.

Dr Leendert Helmink, Ph.D.


Antique map of China by Bellin
Cartographer

Bellin

First Published

Paris, 1753

This edition

1760

Size

25.5 x 29.5 cms

Technique

Copper engraving

Stock number

18686

Condition

mint

Description

Jacques Nicolas Bellin's map of Taiwan. One of the earliest available maps of the island.

This is the very scarce Dutch derivative, engraved by van Schley for the Dutch edition of Prevost's Histoire de Voyages.