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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 antique
map, print or book that was first produced and published in 1753, today 271 years ago.
April 25, 2024

Dr Leendert Helmink, Ph.D.
Cartographer(s)

Bellin

First Published

Paris, 1753

This edition

1760

Size

25.5 x 29.5 cms

Technique

Copper engraving

Stock number

18686

Condition

mint

Antique map of China by Bellin
Antique map of China by Bellin

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.