Original print by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, the bay of Benguela, Angola, second half of 1700

Original print by Jacques Nicolas Bellin, the bay of Benguela, Angola, second half of 1700


Measures 33.5 x 22.5 cm



Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (Paris, 1703 - Versailles, March 21, 1772) was a French cartographer and geographer.
Bellin was born in Paris. Hydrographer at the French Hydrographic Office, he was a member of the Académie 
de Marine and the Royal Society of London. In over 50 years of career, he produced a large number of papers
 of particular interest to the Ministère de la Marine. His maps of Canada and the French territories in
 North America (New France, Acadia, Louisiana) are particularly valuable. He died in Versailles