Map of Marie-Galante, 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): 215mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the island of Marie-Galante, part of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean Sea. The commune of Grand-Bourg can be seen on the southwest coast, with various other buildings marked across the coast and hachures marking the hills of the island’s interior.
Plate 90 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.90.’ With a title at the top: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE MARI-GALANTE / Echelle de Trois Lieues Communes’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 90 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.90.’ With a title at the top: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE MARI-GALANTE / Echelle de Trois Lieues Communes’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.