Map of Petit-Goâve
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 305mm
width (print): 305mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of Petit-Goâve a coastal commune in the south of Haiti, shown here as a French colony whilst the west half of Hispaniola was occupied by France Saint-Domingue. The settlement can be seen at the left side of the map, with a large fort near the coast.
Plate 70 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.70.’ With a cartouche top left: ‘PLAN DE KA RADE ET VILLE / DU PETIT GOAVE / dans l’isle de St. Domingue. / Echelle de Quatre Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 70 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.70.’ With a cartouche top left: ‘PLAN DE KA RADE ET VILLE / DU PETIT GOAVE / dans l’isle de St. Domingue. / Echelle de Quatre Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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