Credit: The Royal Society
    Image number: RS.22072

    Map of Halifax

    Date
    1764
    Creator
    Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
    Object type
    Library reference
    27356
    Material
    Technique
    Dimensions
    height (print): 230mm
    width (print): 350mm
    Subject
    Content object
    map
    Description
    Map of Halifax Harbour showing the location of the port, town and fortification of Halifax. A number of islands are also shown within the harbour, including Georges Island near to the port. A plan of the town is included at the upper left of the map, showing the locations of the main buildings.

    Plate 28 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.28.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PLAN / DE LA BAYE DE CHIBOUCTOU / nommée par les Anglois / HALIFAX / Echelle d’Une Lieue Commune.’ With a city plan upper left: ‘Plan de la Ville d’Halifax / Echelle de Deux Cent Toises.’

    Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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