Map of New York City
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plan of the original settlement of New York City on Manhattan Island, with the locations of significant buildings and landmarks marked. The settlement occupies the southern tip of the island, where the Hudson River and the East River meet.
Plate 33 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.33.’ With the map title below: ‘VILLE DE MANATHE ou NOUVELLE-YORC’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 33 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.33.’ With the map title below: ‘VILLE DE MANATHE ou NOUVELLE-YORC’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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