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
width (print): 350mm
Subject
Content object
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.
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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