Maps of St. Lawrence River and Lake Champlain
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 320mm
width (print): 320mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A folio containing two maps with different scales and orientations. The upper map shows a section of the St. Lawrence River, centred on Lake Saint Pierre with Montreal visible towards the left and Quebec City shown on the right. The course of the river flows around the Island of Montreal, through the lake, past Quebec City and out into the North Atlantic Ocean.
The lower map shows Lake Champlain, situated about 80km south of Montreal on the Richelieu River, a tributary of the St. Lawrence River. This lake is shown on a much smaller scale with the lake islands shown in detail. Two forts are also included on the map, Fort Chambly to the left and Fort Saint-Frédéric to the right.
Plate 10 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.10.’ With a cartouche in the centre of the upper map, just above the dividing line: ‘PARTIE DU FLEUVE ST LAURENT / depuis Quebec jusqu au Lac St Francois. / Echelle de Douze Lieues Communes’. A second cartouche is present on the lower map, towards the right edge: ‘CARTE / DU LAC CHAMPLAIN / Echelle de Huit Lieues Communes’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
The lower map shows Lake Champlain, situated about 80km south of Montreal on the Richelieu River, a tributary of the St. Lawrence River. This lake is shown on a much smaller scale with the lake islands shown in detail. Two forts are also included on the map, Fort Chambly to the left and Fort Saint-Frédéric to the right.
Plate 10 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.10.’ With a cartouche in the centre of the upper map, just above the dividing line: ‘PARTIE DU FLEUVE ST LAURENT / depuis Quebec jusqu au Lac St Francois. / Echelle de Douze Lieues Communes’. A second cartouche is present on the lower map, towards the right edge: ‘CARTE / DU LAC CHAMPLAIN / Echelle de Huit Lieues Communes’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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