Jacques Nicholas Bellin, the elder (1703-1772) Jacques-Nicholas Bellin, the elder, held the positions of Royal Hydrographer and Ingénieur Géographe de La Marine et du Dépot des Cartes et Plans. Before him this post was held by the great cartographer Bleau. He was succeeded by his son then, Bonne.
     Bellin's map, Carte des Isles Bermudea ou de Sommer Tiré de l'Anglois, is from Petit Atlas François, Paris (1763), and Petit Atlas Maritime, Paris (1764).