Chart of the Lesser Antilles and Leeward Islands showing the Virgin Islands, Anguilla, St. Martin, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts, etc. Rococo-style cartouche, rhumb lines, compass rose, fleur-de-lys. From Le Petit Atlas Maritime. Bellin, one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of mid-eighteenth century, was appointed first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine and Official Hydrographer to the King of France.
