Map of the Île d'Orléans
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 300mm
width (print): 300mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of a section of the St. Lawrence River showing the Quebec Basin and the Île d'Orléans. Quebec City can be seen at the left edge of the map, with the ramparts of the fortified city clearly shown. Pointe d'Argentenay, the northeastern tip of Île d'Orléans, is also marked on the map.
Plate 8 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.8.’ With a cartouche lower left: ‘PARTIE DE FLEUVE / SAINT LAURENT / avec le Bassin de Quebec / et L’Isle d’Orleans / Echelle d’Une Lieue Commune.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 8 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.8.’ With a cartouche lower left: ‘PARTIE DE FLEUVE / SAINT LAURENT / avec le Bassin de Quebec / et L’Isle d’Orleans / Echelle d’Une Lieue Commune.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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