Map of St. George's, 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 the natural harbour of St. George’s on Grenada, the principal island of the archipelagic country of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea. The settlement is shown here whilst still known as Port Royal, with its fort and town labelled on the map. The fort on the peninsula by the entrance to the harbour is still standing and is now known as Fort George.
Plate 102 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.102.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘PORT / ET FORT ROYAL / DE LA GRENADE / Echelle de Cinq Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 102 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.102.’ With a cartouche upper left: ‘PORT / ET FORT ROYAL / DE LA GRENADE / Echelle de Cinq Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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