Map of the Bay of Saint Louis
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 345mm
width (print): 345mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the Bay of Saint Louis on the southern coast of Haiti, seen here whilst the west half of Hispaniola was occupied by France as the colony of Saint-Domingue. The main town of Saint Louis, now known as Saint Louis du Sud, can be seen on the northeast shore of the bay, with the fort visible on an island in the bay.
Plate 71 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.71.’ With a title upper left: ‘PLAN / DE LA BAYE / SAINT LOUIS / dans / L’ISLE DE ST DOMINGUE / Echelle de Cinq Cent Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 71 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.71.’ With a title upper left: ‘PLAN / DE LA BAYE / SAINT LOUIS / dans / L’ISLE DE ST DOMINGUE / Echelle de Cinq Cent Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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