Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
French hydrographer, geographer and member of the philosophes (1703-1772) · France · On the map · Scientists · Died at 69
Jacques Nicolas Bellin was a French hydrographer, geographer, and member of the French intellectual group called the philosophes.
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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin: Carte réduite de l'océan septentrional..., from: L'hydrographie françoise, Paris 1766
Carte de la Guyane françoise et l'isle de Cayenne, 1763 CE, by Bellin![This 1764 map of the world, by French hydrographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, shows the major landmasses known to Europeans in the 1760s. Unknown areas included Alaska, the east coast of Australia, and the west coast of Canada.[1]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Carte_Reduite_du_Globe_Terrestre_by_Jacques-Nicolas_Bellin_1764.jpg/1280px-Carte_Reduite_du_Globe_Terrestre_by_Jacques-Nicolas_Bellin_1764.jpg)
This 1764 map of the world, by French hydrographer Jacques-Nicolas Bellin, shows the major landmasses known to Europeans in the 1760s. Unknown areas included Alaska, the east coast of Australia, and the west coast of Canada.[1]
Bellin's Plan de L'Isle de Gore, 1749Awards
About this person
Country
France
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1703 to 1772 · aged 69
