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DescriptionSpitsbergen 1758.jpg
English: map of Spitsbergen/Svalbard, Norwegian Territory in the Arctic Ocean
Jacques Nicolas, Sieur Bellin; Jacques Nicolas Bellin; Nicolas Bellin
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French cartographer, encyclopédistes, geographer and hydrographer
Date of birth/death
1703
21 March 1772
Location of birth/death
Paris
Versailles
Authority file
: Q607846
VIAF: 99885687
ISNI: 0000000108038482
ULAN: 500045859
LCCN: n80044782
NLA: 36405375
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creator QS:P170,Q607846
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