Amerique Meridionale.

Bellin’s detailed small map of South America, published in Prevost’s Histoire Generale des Voyages, reflects the precision and artistry that defined eighteenth-century French cartography. Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703–1772), one of the era’s most prolific mapmakers, served as the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine and Official Hydrographer to the French King, producing an extraordinary body of work that advanced the accuracy and elegance of maritime mapping. Manuscript number in lower margin "No. 286"