MIDDLE EAST - Carte des Costes de Perse, Guzarat et Malabar. / Kaart van de Kusten van Persië, Guzaratte en Malabar. Gemaakt na de Franse kaart van den Ooster-Oceaan, uitgegeven A° 1740, op bevel van den Hr. Grave de Maurepas. Engraved map by J. van Schley, after Bellin. From: Historische beschryving der reizen, of Nieuwe... by A.F. Prévost / J.P.I. du Bois and J. van der Schley. La Haye, Pierre de Hondt / Amsterdam, Wed. S. Schouten, E. van Harrevelt, D.J. Changuion, and other's, 1747 - 1781. Original coloured. C. 25 x 19,5 cm. incl. text. ¶ Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-72), spent over fifty years at the French Hydrographic Service where he was appointed the first "Ingenieur hydrographe de La Marine". During his term of office there he was commissioned to carry out major surveys, first of the coasts of France and later of all the known coasts of the world. These undertakings resulted in the production of a very large number of sea charts of the highest quality which appeared in many editions with varying numbers of charts to the end of the century. He was appointed " Hydrographer to the King " and was a member of the Royal Society in London. [Ordernr.: 26586 ]