Map of Santo Domingo
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the historic centre of Santo Domingo, the capital of the Dominican Republic. The city is shown here during Spanish rule whilst Hispaniola was split into the Spanish colony of Santo Domingo and the French colony of Saint-Domingue. Key buildings including the cathedral and the fortifications are listed in a key at the top right of the map.
Plate 74 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.74.’ With a cartouche top left: ‘VILLE DE S. DOMINGUE / dans l’Isle de ce Nom. / Echelle de Deux Cent Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 74 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.74.’ With a cartouche top left: ‘VILLE DE S. DOMINGUE / dans l’Isle de ce Nom. / Echelle de Deux Cent Toises.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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