Map of Saint Pierre Island
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of Saint Pierre Island and its surrounding islets in the northwest of the Atlantic Ocean. The names of some of the islets are noted on the map, including Grand Colombier and Île aux Pigeons.
Plate 18 from Le petit atlas maritime: recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde; en cinq volumes ... vol.1, by Jacques-Nicholas Bellin (Paris, Ministere de la Marine, 1764).
Inscribed top right: ‘Tome I. No.18.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘CARTE DE / L’ISLE DE ST. PIERRE / Echelle d’une demie Lieue Commune.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 18 from Le petit atlas maritime: recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde; en cinq volumes ... vol.1, by Jacques-Nicholas Bellin (Paris, Ministere de la Marine, 1764).
Inscribed top right: ‘Tome I. No.18.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘CARTE DE / L’ISLE DE ST. PIERRE / Echelle d’une demie Lieue Commune.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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