Map Collection

Bellin 1764
FA2002.83:- 
Chart, uncoloured engraving, Carte de l'Isle de Portsey et Havre de Portsmouth, Portsea Island and Portsmouth Harbour, Hampshire, scale about 2 miles to 1 inch? by Jacques Bellin, Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine, Paris, France, 1764.
Volume 4 chart number 8.
map feature:-  not coloured & compass rose & rhumb lines & scale line & sea plain & sandbanks & depth soundings & coastal defence & castles & fortifications & settlements
inscription:-  printed -on- title, upper centre CARTE DE L'ISLE DE PORTSEY, / ET HAVRE DE PORTSMOUTH.
inscription:-  printed -on- above scale line Echelle d'une Leue Commune de France
scale line:-  1 league = 48.1 mm
dimension:-  wxh, sheet = 22x31.5cm
wxh, plate = 193x239mm
wxh, map = 153x210mm
scale = 1 to 120000 ? (assuming 1 league = 3.18 nautical mile, nm = 6080 feet)

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MN: 9.11.2002