1757 Bellin Antique Map St Helena Bay, Western Cape South Africa - Vasco da Gama India Paper size: - 21 1/2in

Paper size: - 21 1/2in x 14 1/2in (550mm x 370mm)

The Latin inscription on the cartouche at the centre of the ledge explains that the self-portrait was made at the request of Murillo's children: 'Bart (olo) mé Murillo portraying himself to fulfil the wishes and prayers of his children - or sons'

The surrounding seas are generally rough and they remain ice-free year-round

The account which has come down to us from Vasari (as usual keen to assert that everything flows from Florence) is that Mantegna began engraving in Rome

or temple similar to ones they had seen in Tahiti and other South Pacific islands

1757 Bellin Antique Map St Helena Bay, Western Cape South Africa - Vasco da Gama India Paper size: - 21 1/2inTitle : Carte de la Baye de Sainte Helene Size: 10in x 7 1 2in (255mm x 190mm) Ref #: 25783 Date : 1757 Condition: (A+) Fine Condition Description: This fine original copper plate engraved antique map of St Helena Bay in Western Cape South Africa by Jacques Nicolas Bellin was published in 1757 in Antoine Franois Prevosts 15 volumes of Histoire Generale des Voyages written by Prevost & other authors between 1746 1790. Historically, Saint Helena Bay is