Engraved map with hand-coloring. Framed and matted, visible area 902 x 584 mm (unexamined out of frame). Decorative cartouche with elephant and lion with imprint of the Ministry de la Marine. (Old folds, spotting, toning, inscription along bottom margin not affecting image.) Provenance: Acquired Bonhams, 16 September 2009 (sale 16919, lot 108).

Second edition of Bellin's map of the Indian Ocean, with significant revisions from the first edition of 1740 including extensions of the chart from east to west and significant changes to Madagascar and the Gujarat and Malaysian Peninsulas. This is also the first of Bellin's maps of the region to annotate the region of western Australia with both the titles "Terres Australes" and "Nouvelle Hollande."