Map of St. John's Harbour
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the harbour area of St John’s on the eastern tip of the Avalon Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. The harbour is defended by a number of forts, one on either side of the entrance and another located further along the coast.
Plate 21 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.21.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘CARTE DU HAVRE / DE / SAINT JEAN / dans L’Isle de Terre-Neuve. / Echelle de 300 Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 21 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.21.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘CARTE DU HAVRE / DE / SAINT JEAN / dans L’Isle de Terre-Neuve. / Echelle de 300 Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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