Bellin’s Map of the Thames Estuary Date of Publication_1732 A view of the Great

A view of the Great Hipostyle Hall

our map was published by Wyld in ‘Maps & plans showing the principal movements

evidently licensing the map for distribution by colportage

Heinrich Petri (and his son

or Malines

Bellin’s Map of the Thames Estuary Date of Publication_1732 A view of the GreatCarte de lentre de la Tamise, avec les Bancs, Passes, Isles et Costes comprises entre Sandwich et Clay This is a revised version of a chart which first appeared in the pioneering Neptune Franois, published by Jaillot in 1693. The revisions took place under the direction of Jacques Nicolas Bellin the elder (1703 1772) immediately prior to the outbreak of the Seven Years' War. Bellin was the first chief hydrographic engineer of the "Dpt des cartes,