Map of St. Ann’s Bay
Date
1764
Creator
Jean-Baptiste Croisey (1740 - 1810, French) , Engraver
After
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 315mm
width (print): 315mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the harbour and bay area near Fort Sainte Anne on the northeast coast of Cape Breton Island. The fort itself is located towards the centre of the map, opposite a long sandspit on the other side of the harbour.
Plate 25 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.25.’ With a chart lower left: ‘BAYE STE. ANNE / on LE PORT DAUPHIN / dans l’Isle Royale.’ Inscribed below: ‘Croisey Sculp.’ ‘Voyez la carte de l’Isle Royale No. 22.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 25 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.25.’ With a chart lower left: ‘BAYE STE. ANNE / on LE PORT DAUPHIN / dans l’Isle Royale.’ Inscribed below: ‘Croisey Sculp.’ ‘Voyez la carte de l’Isle Royale No. 22.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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