Map of Cap-Haïtien, Haiti
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 355mm
width (print): 355mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the northwest coast of Hispaniola including the area around Cap-Haïtien, shown here as Cap‑Français the capital of the French Colony of Saint-Domingue. A number of bays and islands are labelled along the coast, with rivers and mountains seen further inland.
Plate 63 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.63.’ With a title at the top: ‘CARTE DES ENVIRONS DU CAP FRANÇOIS ET DES PAROISSES QUI EN DEPENDENT.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 63 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.63.’ With a title at the top: ‘CARTE DES ENVIRONS DU CAP FRANÇOIS ET DES PAROISSES QUI EN DEPENDENT.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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