Map of Nevis
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of Nevis in the Caribbean Sea, an island in the Leeward Islands chain and part of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis. Charlestown, the Island’s capital, can be seen on the west coast towards the south of the island. Other buildings and fortifications are shown across this coastline, with Nevis Peak visible in the centre of the island.
Plate 84 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.84.’ With a title at the top: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE NIEVES / Echelle d’une Lieue commune.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 84 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.84.’ With a title at the top: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE NIEVES / Echelle d’une Lieue commune.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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