Map of Saint Kitts
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 205mm
width (print): 340mm
width (print): 340mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the island of Saint Kitts, officially known as Saint Christopher, in the Caribbean Sea. A number of forts are shown around the coast, with a prominent mountain range seen in the centre of the island. The Great Salt Pond is visible at the southeast tip of the island.
Plate 83 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.83.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE / DE ST CHRISTOPHE’. A second cartouche is present at the lower left: ‘Echelle / de Deux Lieues communes de France’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 83 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.83.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE / DE ST CHRISTOPHE’. A second cartouche is present at the lower left: ‘Echelle / de Deux Lieues communes de France’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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