Map of San Juan, Puerto Rico
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 315mm
width (print): 315mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the port area and historic centre of San Juan, the capital of the Caribbean island of Puerto Rico. The walls of the town are shown, with the names of the different forts. Shown here whilst Puerto Rico was occupied as a Spanish colony, the town is labelled: ‘VILLE / DE ST JEAN / DE PORTO-RICO’.
Plate 76 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.76.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘PORT / ET VILLE DE / PORTO-RICO / dans l’Isle de ce nom / Echelle de Quatre Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 76 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.76.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘PORT / ET VILLE DE / PORTO-RICO / dans l’Isle de ce nom / Echelle de Quatre Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.