Carte reduite des Isles Acores pour servir aux vaisseaux du Roi

Single sheet, hand coloured engraving. Scale [circa 1:950,000]. The border is graduated for latitude and longitude from the meridians of Paris, London, the Lizard, Teneriffe and Ferro Is. Rhumb lines. The scale is in French and English marine leagues. Five coastal views of the Azores are shown as insets.

Object Details

ID: G214:3/1
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Places: Azores
Date made: 1755
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 56 x 90cm, on sheet 64.5 x 91cm.