Map of Bermuda
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 330mm
width (print): 330mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the Bermuda archipelago, showing the islands, bay and settlements that make up this territory. The settlement of Tucker’s Town can be seen towards the lower right of the map, with a number of forts shown along the coast on the left of the map.
Plate 48 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.48.’ With a cartouche upper centre: ‘CARTE DES / ISLES BERMUDES / OU DE / SOMMER / Tiré de l’Anglais.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 48 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.48.’ With a cartouche upper centre: ‘CARTE DES / ISLES BERMUDES / OU DE / SOMMER / Tiré de l’Anglais.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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