Map of Fort-Liberté
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
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Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 350mm
width (print): 350mm
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Content object
Description
Map of the bay and harbour around Fort-Liberté on the north coast of Hispaniola, shown here as the French colony of Fort-Dauphin. The French city occupied the same location as the previous Spanish city of Bayaja. Bayau Island can be seen within the bay, with the fortified settlement shown on the coast.
Plate 66 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.66.’ With a title at the lower right: ‘BAYE ET VILLE DE / BAYAHA ou PORT-DAUPHIN / dans l’Isle de St Domingue. / Echelle de Quinze Cent Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 66 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.66.’ With a title at the lower right: ‘BAYE ET VILLE DE / BAYAHA ou PORT-DAUPHIN / dans l’Isle de St Domingue. / Echelle de Quinze Cent Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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