Map of Saint Thomas
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 355mm
width (print): 355mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the Caribbean island of Saint Thomas, one of the Virgin Islands. The terrain of the island is shown, with areas of mountains and forests marked on the map. The island’s fort can also be seen in a large port on the south coast, this location is now occupied by the city of Charlotte Amalie, the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Plate 78 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.78.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘CARTE / DE L’ISLE ST THOMAS / l’Une des Vierges. / Echelle d’une Lieue commune.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 78 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.78.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘CARTE / DE L’ISLE ST THOMAS / l’Une des Vierges. / Echelle d’une Lieue commune.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.