Map of Grande-Terre, Guadeloupe
Date
1764
Creator
Jean-Baptiste Croisey (1740 - 1810, French) , Engraver
After
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 350mm
width (print): 350mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the island of Grande-Terre, forming the eastern half of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea. The coastal towns of Saint-François and Sainte-Anne can be seen on the southern coast, with the Grande Baie shown at the lower left corner of the map.
Plate 88 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.88.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PARTIE ORIENTALE / DE L’ISLE / DE LA GUADELOUPE. / Appellée la Grande-Terre / Echelle de deux Lieues communes.’ Inscribed below: ‘Croisey’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 88 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.88.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PARTIE ORIENTALE / DE L’ISLE / DE LA GUADELOUPE. / Appellée la Grande-Terre / Echelle de deux Lieues communes.’ Inscribed below: ‘Croisey’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.