Maps of Puerto Rico and Saint Croix
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 170mm
width (print): 170mm
Subject
Content object
Description
A print of two maps, the upper map showing the Caribbean island of Saint Croix, now part of the United States Virgin Islands, and the lower map showing the island of Puerto Rico. The two maps have different scales and orientations, and each have their key harbours and locations marked.
Plate 75 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.75.’ Title above the upper map: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE SAINTE CROIX / au Sud des Isles des Vierges.’ Title above the lower map: CARTE DE L’ISLE DE SAINT JEAN DE PORTORICO’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 75 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.75.’ Title above the upper map: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE SAINTE CROIX / au Sud des Isles des Vierges.’ Title above the lower map: CARTE DE L’ISLE DE SAINT JEAN DE PORTORICO’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.