Map of the Southern United States
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 345mm
width (print): 345mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the southeast of the United States, centred on the New French district of Louisiana which included the whole drainage basin of the Mississippi River and covered much of the Midwestern United States. The city of New Orleans can be seen towards the lower edge of the map, with many of the cities along the east coast also shown. The Mississippi River runs down the centre of the map and some of the Great Lakes can be seen at the upper right corner.
Plate 40 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.40.’ With a cartouche top centre: ‘LA LOUISIANE / et Pays Voisins. / Echelle de Cent 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 40 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.40.’ With a cartouche top centre: ‘LA LOUISIANE / et Pays Voisins. / Echelle de Cent 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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