Plan of Kingston, Jamaica
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 200mm
width (print): 295mm
width (print): 295mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the original plan of Kingston, Jamaica showing the old town divided into neat blocks around a park square, now known as Sergeant William Grant Park. The shoreline can be seen at the lower edge of the map, with buildings seen lining the waterfront.
Plate 59 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.59.’ With a title: ‘PLAN DE LA VILLE DE KINGSTON / Suivant le projet donné par le Colonel Christian Lilly.’ With a key to the road names on either side of the plan.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 59 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.59.’ With a title: ‘PLAN DE LA VILLE DE KINGSTON / Suivant le projet donné par le Colonel Christian Lilly.’ With a key to the road names on either side of the plan.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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