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| Keywords: 1756 Bellin Map of Boston, Massachusetts - Geographicus - Boston-bellin-1756.jpg This hand colored map is a c 1756 map of Boston Massachusetts Attributed to French cartographer Jacques-Nicholas Bellin this map was issued for the French edition of Provost ™s Histoire des Voyages ¦ Beautifully rendered in stupendous detail Shows Boston and Charlestown as well as parts of Isle Ronde and the mainland Important destinations identified with letters that correspond to a key to the left of the map proper These include three cannon batteries the Presbyterian Church the Quaker temple the Anabaptist Church the City Hall the Armory Faneuil Hall Spelled Fanal etc Published as plate no 10 in volume XIV of Provost ™s Histoire des Voyages ¦ Bellin would later issue a very similar version of this map in his 1764 Petit Atlas Maritime 1756 undated Size in 10 5 6 5 object history credit line accession number Boston-bellin-1756 Provost A <i>L`Histoire Generale des Voyages</i> 1756 Vol XIV plate 10 Also issued in Bellin J N <i>Le Petit Atlas Maritime Recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde </i> Geographicus-source PD-old-100 Old maps of Boston 1756 maps French language maps of the United States Maps by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin | ||||
