Item details: Carte Particuliere de L'Isle de Juan Fernandes
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£ 75.00
BELLIN, Jacques Nicolas
Carte Particuliere de L'Isle de Juan Fernandes
Imprint: Paris, 1758
200 x 280 mm., with full modern wash colour in good condition.
A map of Juan Fernandes Island to the west of Santiago, Chile in the Pacific Ocean. The island is most famous for being the home of Alexander Selkirk for four years which was it is believed the inspiration for the novel Robinson Crusoe. Indeed the island is now named after the character. It was published in Abbe Antoine Francois Prevost's (1697-1763) 'Histoire Generale des Voyages'. Shirley BL G.Prev 1a.
Stock number:8605.