Map of New York Harbor
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the location of the city of New York in relation to its surrounding natural harbour. The western coast of Long Island is shown on the right side of the map, with New York City shown above it on Manhattan Island, between the Hudson River and the East River, which is labelled here as ‘Canal de la Longue Isle’. Staten Island is shown towards the centre of the map, occupying a large section of the harbour.
Plate 32 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.32.’ With a cartouche lower left: ‘BAYE ET PORT D’YORC / Capitale de la Nouvelle Yorc / Echelle de Deux Lieues Com̃unes’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 32 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.32.’ With a cartouche lower left: ‘BAYE ET PORT D’YORC / Capitale de la Nouvelle Yorc / Echelle de Deux Lieues Com̃unes’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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