Map of the Mingan Archipelago
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the Mingan Archipelago by the south coast of the Labrador Peninsula, at the northwest corner of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The mouth of the Mingan River and Mingan Fort can be seen on the peninsula in the northeast of the map. The islands of the Archipelago are shown within the bay, including Mingan Island.
Plate 15 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.15.’ With a box upper left: ‘IDEE DE LA RADE / DU MINGAN / Suivant le Journal de la Fregate du Roy / La Diane en 1755’. The framing scale included towards the lower edge of the map is in French nautical leagues.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 15 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.15.’ With a box upper left: ‘IDEE DE LA RADE / DU MINGAN / Suivant le Journal de la Fregate du Roy / La Diane en 1755’. The framing scale included towards the lower edge of the map is in French nautical leagues.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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