Map of the Rivers of Louisiana
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 295mm
width (print): 295mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of Louisiana showing the principal rivers in this area including the Red River of the South, the Black River and the Mississippi River. The course of each river as they flow towards the Gulf of Mexico is shown on the map, with nearby lakes and landmarks also marked. A detail view of the left edge of the map shows the settlement of Natchitoches.
Plate 46 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.46.’ With a cartouche upper centre: ‘SUITE DU COURS DU FLEUVE ST LOUIS / depuis la Riviere d’Iberville jusqua / celle des Yasons. / et les Parties connues de la Riviere Rouge / et las Riviere Noire / Echelle de Dix Lieues Communes’. With a cartouche on the left above a detail view of Natchitoches: ‘CARTE / DE L’ETABLISSEMENT / FRANCOIS SUR LA RIVIERE ROUGE / marqué el-dessus B.’ The framing scale is in French nautical leagues west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 46 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.46.’ With a cartouche upper centre: ‘SUITE DU COURS DU FLEUVE ST LOUIS / depuis la Riviere d’Iberville jusqua / celle des Yasons. / et les Parties connues de la Riviere Rouge / et las Riviere Noire / Echelle de Dix Lieues Communes’. With a cartouche on the left above a detail view of Natchitoches: ‘CARTE / DE L’ETABLISSEMENT / FRANCOIS SUR LA RIVIERE ROUGE / marqué el-dessus B.’ The framing scale is in French nautical leagues west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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