1750 Bellin & Condamine Antique Map The Course of the Amazon River South America Australia not only put in place not only put in place essential repairs but also enhanced the appearance of the great church immensely The text was compiled by Nicholas Gueudeville and Garillon with a supplement by H This finely engraved original antique map of the course of the Amazon River according to the discoveries of the French explorer Charles Marie La Condamine by Jacques Nicolas Bellin in 1750 was published in Antoine François Prevost's monumental 20 volume edition of L`Histoire Generale des Voyages published by Pierre de Hondt This included the first descriptions by a European of the Casiquiare canal and the curare arrow poison prepared by the Amerindians