Map of Saint Lucia
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 315mm
width (print): 315mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the island country of Saint Lucia, one of the Windward Islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The volcanic peaks of the Pitons can be seen lower right corner of the map, with the Moule-à-Chique point seen at the top right. The Gros Islet District is shown on the left side of the map, with Cap Point highlighted as the northernmost point of the island.
Plate 95 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.95.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘CARTE DE / L’ISLE DE SAINTE LUCIE / Echelle de Trois Lieues Communes’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 95 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.95.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘CARTE DE / L’ISLE DE SAINTE LUCIE / Echelle de Trois Lieues Communes’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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