Map of Barbados
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 210mm
width (print): 150mm
width (print): 150mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the island nation of Barbados, one of the islands of the Lesser Antilles in the Caribbean Sea. The capital of Bridgetown can be seen on the southwestern coast, by Carlisle Bay. Hills, roads and small clusters of buildings are also marked on the map.
Plate 98 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.98.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘CARTE / DE L’ISLE DE LA / BARBADE / Echelle de deux Lieues com̃unes’. The framing scale is in French nautical leagues, showing the longitude west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 98 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.98.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘CARTE / DE L’ISLE DE LA / BARBADE / Echelle de deux Lieues com̃unes’. The framing scale is in French nautical leagues, showing the longitude west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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