Map of St. Augustine
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the city of St. Augustine on the east coast of Florida. The city is shown in relation to Anastasia Island as well as the rivers and beaches of the surrounding salt marsh. The Castillo de San Marcos fort is also shown, which still stands and is the oldest stone fort in the continental United States.
Plate 39 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.39.’ With a cartouche top centre: ‘PLAN DU PORT DE ST. AUGUSTIN / dans la Floride. / Echelle d’une Lieue Commune’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 39 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.39.’ With a cartouche top centre: ‘PLAN DU PORT DE ST. AUGUSTIN / dans la Floride. / Echelle d’une Lieue Commune’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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