Map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 350mm
width (print): 350mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the mouth of the St. Lawrence River, the Gulf of St. Lawrence by the top of the North Atlantic Ocean and the island of Newfoundland. The river mouth can be seen in the west, with Newfoundland occupying the east side of the map and the south coast of the Labrador Peninsula is visible in the north. A number of smaller islands, including Anticosti Island, are also shown within the gulf.
Plate 13 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.13.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘LE GOLPHE DE SAINT LAURENT / ET L’ISLE DE TERRE-NEUVE / Echelle de Lieues Communes de France. The framing scale is in French nautical leagues, showing the longitude west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 13 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.13.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘LE GOLPHE DE SAINT LAURENT / ET L’ISLE DE TERRE-NEUVE / Echelle de Lieues Communes de France. The framing scale is in French nautical leagues, showing the longitude 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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