Map of the Bahamas
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 270mm
width (print): 270mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the islands of the Bahamas with the eastern coast of Florida shown at the left edge of the map. Cuba is also visible at the lower left corner with the remainder of the map showing the northern half of the Lucayan Archipelago.
Plate 49 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.49.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘CARTES DES / ISLES LUCAYES / Par M.B. Ingr. de la Marine.’ 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 49 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.49.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘CARTES DES / ISLES LUCAYES / Par M.B. Ingr. de la Marine.’ 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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