Map of the Cap-Haïtien port
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 360mm
width (print): 360mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the harbour and port area of Cap-Haïtien on the northwest coast of Hispaniola, shown here as Cap-Français, the capital of the French Colony of Saint-Domingue. The main town is shown on the right side of the image with fortifications shown along the coast and on a fort seen on one of the islands in the bay.
Plate 64 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.64.’ With a title at the top left: ‘PLAN / DU PORT DU CAP / dans / L’ISLE DE ST DOMINQUE / Echelle de Huit Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 64 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.64.’ With a title at the top left: ‘PLAN / DU PORT DU CAP / dans / L’ISLE DE ST DOMINQUE / Echelle de Huit Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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