1741 Chile, island, Anson, Bellin, Schley, hand colored map

Jakob van der Schley & Jacques Nicolas Bellin

'Plan d une Baye et d un Havre sur la Côte du Chili dans la Mer du Sud’ [Plan of a bay and haven on the coast of Chile in the South Seas]

Pubished in Amsterdam, 1741

Dimensions: 26.5 x 31.0cm, 10.25 x 12.25 inches

Map of a bay and an island in Chile.

Jakob van der Schley was a skilled draftsman and engraver who operated out of Amsterdam and had strong ties with the Hague. He was trained by Bernard Picart and his style resembles that of the elder man. Van der Schely was known for intricately engraved portraits and frontispieces. He signed most of the plates used in the Hague edition of the Abbe Prevost's Histoire generale des voyages.