Map of Calliaqua, Saint Vincent
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 175mm
width (print): 215mm
width (print): 215mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of the bay of Calliaqua on the south coast of Saint Vincent, the largest island of the archipelagic country of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines in the Caribbean Sea. Defensive forts can be seen on either side of the bay, with original location of the town of Calliaqua shown by the shoreline in the centre.
Plate 100 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.100.’ With a title at the top: ‘PLAN DU PORT ET DU CARENAGE DU CARIACOUA / Situé dans la Partie du Sud de L’Isle de St. Vincent / Echelle de Trois Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 100 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.100.’ With a title at the top: ‘PLAN DU PORT ET DU CARENAGE DU CARIACOUA / Situé dans la Partie du Sud de L’Isle de St. Vincent / Echelle de Trois Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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