Map of Saint Vincent
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the Caribbean island of Saint Vincent, now the largest island of the archipelagic country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The island is shown largely undeveloped with three trails across the island linking the major ports. The Port of Layou is shown on the southwest of the island.
Plate 99 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.99.’ With a title at the top: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE SAINT VINCENT. / Echelle de Trois Lieues Communes’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 99 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.99.’ With a title at the top: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE SAINT VINCENT. / 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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