Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.22062

    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
    Subject
    Content object
    map
    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.
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