Map of Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 170mm
width (print): 170mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the Saint Pierre and Miquelon islands, a self-governing French territory in the northwest of the Atlantic Ocean by Newfoundland. The archipelago comprises of eight islands in total, many of these are labelled on the map including the three principal islands of La Grande Miquelon, La Petite Miquelon and Isle St. Pierre.
Plate 17 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.17.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘CARTE DES ISLES / DE ST. PIERRE ET DE MIQUELON / Echelle de Deux Lieues Communes.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 17 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.17.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘CARTE DES ISLES / DE ST. PIERRE ET DE MIQUELON / Echelle de Deux Lieues Communes.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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