Map of Saint-Domingue
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 350mm
width (print): 350mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the west half of Hispaniola whilst occupied by France as the colony of Saint-Domingue, the colony covers most of the territory of modern-day Haiti. Gonave Island can be seen just off the west coast.
Plate 67 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.67.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘LA PARTIE FRANCOISE / DE L’ISLE DE / SAINT DOMINGUE / Echelle de Quinze Cent Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 67 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.67.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘LA PARTIE FRANCOISE / DE L’ISLE DE / SAINT 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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