Map of Philadelphia
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the city of Philadelphia on the Delaware River, showing the main residential area around Centre Square, which now houses Philadelphia City Hall. A number of islands around the city are also labelled, including Petty Islands towards the top right of the map.
Plate 34 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.34.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PLAN / DE PHILADELPHIE ET ENVIRONS / Echele d’Une Lieue Commune.’ Inscribed below: ‘Voyez la Carte de la Pensilvanie No.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 34 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.34.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PLAN / DE PHILADELPHIE ET ENVIRONS / Echele d’Une Lieue Commune.’ Inscribed below: ‘Voyez la Carte de la Pensilvanie No.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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