Map of Northern Martinique
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): 220mm
width (print): 355mm
width (print): 355mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the northern section of the island of Martinique, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The town of Saint-Pierre is shown on the left side of the map, with the volcanic peak of Mount Pelée, drawn as a hill profile, seen above it. The bays and harbours of the northeast coast are seen towards the right side of the map.
Plate 92 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.92.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PETITE SEPTENTRIONALE / DE LA MARTINIQUE / Echelle de Deux Lieues Communes’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 92 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.92.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PETITE SEPTENTRIONALE / DE LA MARTINIQUE / Echelle de Deux Lieues Communes’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.