Map of Fort-de-France Bay, Martinique
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 170mm
width (print): 210mm
width (print): 210mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of Fort-de-France Bay, on the western coast of the island of Martinique, part of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The fortified town can be seen on the northern shore of the bay, with the islets and mangroves of the bay seen towards the southeast.
Plate 94 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.94.’ With a cartouche at the lower edge: ‘PLAN DU / CUL DE SAC ROYAL / DE LA MARTINIQUE / Echelle de Douze Cent Toises’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 94 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.94.’ With a cartouche at the lower edge: ‘PLAN DU / CUL DE SAC ROYAL / DE LA MARTINIQUE / Echelle de Douze Cent Toises’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.