Map of Martinique
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 345mm
width (print): 345mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of Martinique, an island in the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. Numerous ports and towns are shown along the coast of the island, with the volcanic peak of Mount Pelée seen towards the left side of the map.
Plate 91 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.91.’ With a cartouche at the top: ‘ISLE DE LA MARTINIQUE / Echelle de 5 Lieues Communes’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 91 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.91.’ With a cartouche at the top: ‘ISLE DE LA MARTINIQUE / Echelle de 5 Lieues Communes’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.