Map of Port Antonio
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 155mm
width (print): 155mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the natural harbours of Port Antonio on the northeast coast of Jamaica. Governor Lynch's Island, now known as Navy Island, can be seen between the east and west harbours, with Woods Island shown near the top of the map.
Plate 60 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.60.’ With a title: ‘Plan des Havres de Port Antonio et de Saint Francois / Situés a la Coste du Nord East de L’isle de la Jamaique. / Echelle de neuf cent Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 60 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.60.’ With a title: ‘Plan des Havres de Port Antonio et de Saint Francois / Situés a la Coste du Nord East de L’isle de la Jamaique. / Echelle de neuf cent Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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