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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.
November 23, 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
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.