Map of Grenada
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 220mm
width (print): 170mm
width (print): 170mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map of Grenada, the principal island of the archipelagic country of Grenada and the southernmost of the Windward Islands in the Caribbean Sea. What is now St. George's, the capital and largest city of Grenada, is shown as Fort Royal, seen within its sheltered natural harbour on the southwest coast of the island.
Plate 101 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.101.’ With a cartouche at the top: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE LA GRENADE / Echelle de Trois Lieues Communes.’
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 101 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.101.’ With a cartouche at the top: ‘CARTE DE L’ISLE DE LA GRENADE / 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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