Media Information

 
 
 
Collection name:
Maps of Africa
Record:
Title:
Carte reduite de l'ocean oriental ou mer des indes ... par ordre de M. de Machault ...
Title in Translation:
Map of the Indian Ocean.
Publication Place:
Paris
Publisher:
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Publication Date:
1757
Cartographer:
Bellin, Jacques Nicolas, 1703-1772
Height:
55 cm.
Width:
86 cm.
Scale:
No scale given
Color:
Colored
Descriptive Notes:
The large cartouche is illustrated with trees, foliage, an elephant and a crocodile. Numerous rhumb lines radiate over the mainland; Prime meridian through Ferro Island and Tenerife.
Provenance:
Dr. Oscar I. Norwich
General Area:
Oceans
Geographic Focus:
Indian Ocean
Map Use:
Sea chart
Period:
18th c.
Norwich Number:
280
Call Number:
NOR 0280
References:
Norwich (2nd ed.), ckey = 3871463
Page:
map 0280, p. 318
Program:
Jacobson Africana Program

Carte reduite de l'ocean oriental ou mer des indes ... par ordre de M. de Machault ...