File:1758 Bellin Map of St. Lucia ( St. Lucie ), in the West Indies - Geographicus - StLucie-bellin-1758.jpg

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Jacques-Nicolas Bellin: Carte de L’Isle de Sainte Lucie.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin  (1703–1772)  wikidata:Q607846 s:fr:Auteur:Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
 
Alternative names
Jacques Nicolas, Sieur Bellin; Jacques Nicolas Bellin; Nicolas Bellin
Description French cartographer, encyclopédistes, geographer and hydrographer
Date of birth/death 1703 Edit this at Wikidata 21 March 1772 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Paris Versailles
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artist QS:P170,Q607846
Title
Carte de L’Isle de Sainte Lucie.
Description
English: This beautiful little map depicts the Caribbean island of St. Lucia or St. Lucie. Shows the island in some detail showing the island's single road as well as various towns and anchorages. Topography drawn in profile. Some offshore features and undersea dangers such as the Banc de Sable are noted. Decorative baroque title cartouche in the upper left quadrant. This map was published in 1758 for Provost's L`Histoire Generale des Voyages .
Date 1758 (dated)
Dimensions height: 9 in (22.8 cm); width: 12.5 in (31.7 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,9U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,12.5U218593
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Geographicus link: StLucie-bellin-1758
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Provost, A., L`Histoire Generale des Voyages, 1758.

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