Map of Georgia
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the coast of Georgia showing the state’s major river and settlements. The city of Savannah can be seen towards the centre of the map. The northern tip of Florida is also shown at the lower edge of the map,
Plate 38 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.38.’ With a cartouche centre left: ‘CARTE / DE LA NOUVELLE / GEORGIA. / Echelle de Lieues Communes’. The framing scale is in French nautical leagues west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 38 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.38.’ With a cartouche centre left: ‘CARTE / DE LA NOUVELLE / GEORGIA. / Echelle de Lieues Communes’. The framing scale is in French nautical leagues west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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