French Map of the World | Jacques-Nicolas Bellin | 1778 16th Century The celebrated English privateer squadron

The celebrated English privateer squadron known as the 'Royal Family' engaging enemy ships during the War of the Austrian Succession

The 1778 version is in the National Gallery of Art

he was then under orders to sail for the West Indies

and elaborate woodwork

This imagined coastal scene

French Map of the World | Jacques-Nicolas Bellin | 1778 16th Century The celebrated English privateer squadronAn attractive first edition first state example of J. N. Bellins 1778 nautical chart of the world. Presents the entire world on a Mercator Projection based on a Paris (LIsle de Fer) meridian. This is notably the first state of this important map, exhibiting a pre Cook geography throughout, but most specifically in the Pacific and along the northwest coast of America. North America to the west of the Mississippi is vaguely rendered according to 16th