Map of Quebec City
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 350mm
width (print): 350mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plan of Quebec City shown with the St Charles River to the right of the image. The Saint-Louis Fort can be seen towards the lower centre of the plan, with the city walls and fortifications seen further left, extending along the perimeter of the city.
Plate 9 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.9.’ With a key below: ‘PLAN / DE LA VILLE DE / QUEBEC’. Map scale noted as: ‘Echelle de 200 toises’ [Scale of 200 fathoms].
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 9 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.9.’ With a key below: ‘PLAN / DE LA VILLE DE / QUEBEC’. Map scale noted as: ‘Echelle de 200 toises’ [Scale of 200 fathoms].
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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