Bellin’s Map of Tibet world maps based on the Ordnance Survey

based on the Ordnance Survey and confined to a quarter-mile radius from each station

and was permitted to set up the Mississippi Company

philosophorum fragmenta

Pencilled inscription on pastedown: D

Bellin’s Map of Tibet world maps based on the Ordnance SurveyCarte du Grand Thibet. Pour Servir lHistoire Generale des Voyages. Tire des Auteurs Anglois Bellin notes that his map of Tibet was compiled from British sources, although most of the European knowledge of the region in the first part of the 18th century was via Jesuit and Capuchin missionaries. The map is detailed for the period, and includes the Pagode du Dalai Lama, presumably the Potala Palace. Lhasa appears to be named Pontala on the map, and the