Map of Southern 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 southern section of the island of Martinique, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The cul-de-sac du Marin bay is shown by the town of Le Marin, with the Etang des Salines costal lagoon seen at the southern tip of the island.
Plate 93 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.93.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PARTIE MÉRIDIONALE / 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 93 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.93.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PARTIE MÉRIDIONALE / 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.