Map of New Orleans
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1722, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 295mm
width (print): 295mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Plan of the original settlement of New Orleans, with principal buildings listed in a key just below the title. The plan shows the original grid layout of the settlement, with a plan of four blocks by eleven blocks. The Mississippi river can be seen at the lower edge of the map.
Plate 45 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.45.’ With a title and a key to significant buildings at the top: ‘PLAN DE LA NOUVELLE ORLEANS’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 45 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.45.’ With a title and a key to significant buildings at the top: ‘PLAN DE LA NOUVELLE ORLEANS’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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