This hand colored copperplate engraving was published in 1752 as part of the Dutch edition of the monumental “General History of Travel” first published in Paris by Abbe Prevost in 1746. This important map is cited in Quirino’s Philippine Cartography.
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Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772)
Carte des Isles Philippines (1e feuille) (Map of the Philippine Islands Based on the Spanish Map by Father Murillo Velarde, 1st Sheet, by Engineer Bellin of the French Navy)
Ca. 1752
hand-colored copperplate engraving
8 1/2” x 6” (22 cm x 15 cm)