"Carte des Havres de Kingstown et de Port Royal", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas
Subject: Kingston, Jamaica
Period: 1758 (circa)
Publication: Description Geographique des Isles Antilles
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.8 x 7.7 inches
30 x 19.6 cm
This is the first edition of this important map depicting Kingston's harbor. The towns of Kingston and Port Royal are shown as block city plans. Also shown are the forts Passage and Rock, roads and habitations, numerous soundings, and more. It is embellished with a rococo-style cartouche, rhumb lines, and a fleur-de-lys.
References: Kapp (MCC-42) #78B; cf. Sellers & Van Ee #1952.
Condition: A
A nice impression issued folding, now pressed, on a sheet with a bunch of grapes watermark, minor marginal foxing, and a short tear in the left margin.