Map of Île-Royale
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 305mm
width (print): 305mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of Île-Royale, a region now part of Nova Scotia on the east coast of Canada. The two large islands shown on the map are Isle Royale, now Cape Breton Island, and Isle Saint Jean, now Prince Edward Island.
Plate 22 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.22.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘L’ISLE ROYALE / Située de l’Entrée du Golphe / de Saint Laurent / Echelle de Dix Lieues Communes.’ The framing scale is in French nautical leagues west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 22 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.22.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘L’ISLE ROYALE / Située de l’Entrée du Golphe / de Saint Laurent / Echelle de Dix Lieues Communes.’ The framing scale is in French nautical leagues 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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