Map of Guadeloupe
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 230mm
width (print): 350mm
width (print): 350mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea, showing the constituent islands of Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, and the Îles des Saintes. Roads are shown running across Grande-Terre and along the coasts of the more mountainous Basse-Terre.
Plate 86 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.86.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘ISLE DE LA GUADELOUPE / LES SAINTES et MARIE GALANTE / Echelle de Cinq Lieues Communes.’ The framing scale is in French nautical leagues, with the longitude centred on the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 86 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.86.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘ISLE DE LA GUADELOUPE / LES SAINTES et MARIE GALANTE / Echelle de Cinq Lieues Communes.’ The framing scale is in French nautical leagues, with the longitude centred on the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.