"Plan de la Baye de Pensacola dans la Floride", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

This copperplate engraved chart shows the bay with the tiny village of Pensacola protected by Fort St. Charles and by Fort de Ste. Rose which lies across the bay on a narrow spit of land. It locates a few houses in Pensacola. Soundings and a bit of topographical detail on the coast are all that is shown, locating Pointe au Chevruil, Fontaine, and several rivers including du Gouverneur, de l'Amirante, and du Jourdan. A rococo-style title cartouche incorporates a distance scale. The fleur-de-lys and rhumblines show north to the left. At upper right is "Tome. I. No. 42."

References: Phillips (Atlases) #3508, v. 1 #42; Sellers & Van Ee #1655.

Condition: A

A dark impression with light toning along the sheet edges.