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[Majorca and on verso part of the coast of Algeria.] Carte réduite de l'Isle Majorque levée parTofino. . .
[Majorca and on verso part of the coast of Algeria.] Carte réduite de l'Isle Majorque levée parTofino. . .
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[Majorca and on verso part of the coast of Algeria.] Carte réduite de l'Isle Majorque levée parTofino. . .

Maker / Publisher: BELLUE, P.
Place & Date: Toulon, 1834
Colored: Uncolored.
Size: 500 x 780 mm / 19.7 x 30.7 inches
Condition: Lithographed map. Some water staining in right margin. Generally in good condition. With a second map on the verso.
   

Estimated value: $2100 - $2500

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GRADING Overall Rating: 36 points, 4 stars
Historical Historical Significance: Direct derived ***
Beauty Beauty: General ****
Condition Condition Rating: Good ***
Rarity Rarity: Uncommon - Typically 16th - 18th century maps from atlases. **
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An extremely rare large-scale French nautical chart detailing the Balearic Island of Mallorca (Majorca). The map covers Mallorca in full inclusive of the adjacent island of Cabrera. Depth soundings are evident near major ports. The island shows villages represented by tiny illustrations of churches. A decorative title cartouche appears in the upper left corner, where he gives credit to Vincente Tofiño de San Miguel. Title reads: "Carte réduite de l'Isle Majorque levée par Tofino. A Toulon par Chez Bellue, 1834".


This rare chart was published by Pierre Bellue (17..-1869) , who was a bookseller and publisher active in Toulon, Marseille and Paris. According to an advertisement on one of his charts, he also held a "dèpot des Cartes de la Marine".


On the verso we find another map : Carte des cotes de Barbarie depuis le Cap Carbon jusqu'aux Rocs Fratelli…

Only a hand full maps published by Pierre Bellue are know : Carte des côtes de la Morée depuis le Cap Klarenza jusqu'au Cap St. Ange avec les îles contigües, par le Capitaine Smyth de la Marine Royale d'Angleterre et MM. Slater et Elson.
- Plan de la ville de Toulon : réduit sur celui dressé par les ingénieurs du cadastre et dédié aux habitans [sic] de Toulon / par Mr Bellue, éditeur de l'hermite et de la …
- La Méditerranée ses îles et ses ports : Carte réduite par ordre de l'amirauté anglaise
Plan du golfe d'Asinara sur la côte N.O. de la Sardaigne / levé par Mr. Smith.

The chart of Majorca is based on the chart of the Spanish hydrographers Vincente Tofiño de San Miguel and Antonio Valdés y Fernández Bazán.

Mallorca is known for its beach resorts and sheltered coves, limestone mountains, and Roman and Moorish remains. The capital, Palma, is admired for its 13th-century Santa María cathedral and hosts the annual Copa del Rey regatta. Stone-built villages include Pollença, with its art galleries and summer classical music festival, and the hillside Fornalutx, surrounded by terraced citrus plantations.

At the command of Valdés, Tofiño surveyed the Balearic Islands between 1783 and 1788. The results of their work appear to have been issued first independently then bound into various composite nautical atlases from about 1788.

Vincente Tofiño de San Miguel (September 6, 1732 - 1795) was a Spanish naval officer and hydrographer active in the second half of the 18th century. Tofiño was born in Cadiz, Spain. His father, a career army officer, died in the 1746 Battle of Placentia, leaving Vincente an orphan from age 14. He moved to Extremadura where his uncle, a priest, raised him. In 1750, following in his father's footsteps, he joined the army. Having discovered a proficiency in mathematics, Tofiño was assigned to an artillery unit. In 1755, moving from the army to the navy, where his skills were better suited, he became a professor of mathematics at the Academia de Guardia Marinas de Cádiz.
He would remain in the navy for the subsequent 30 years, ultimately attaining the rank of Rear Admiral.

Between 1783 and 1788, as a navy officer, astronomer, and hydrographer, he was deployed to survey the Mediterranean ports of Spain, the Balearic Islands, and the Barbary Coast.
He trained the explorers Dionisio Alcalá Galiano and Cayetano Valdés y Flores Bazán, who named Tofino Inlet, in Vancouver, after him. Tofiño was elected correspondent of the Spanish Academy of History and of the French and Portuguese Academies of Science. He died in Cadiz in 1795.





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