Detail View: JCB Archive of Early American Images: Plan des Ville et Fort de l'Isle de Cayenne
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Accession number:
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04762
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Record number:
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04762-6
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JCB call number:
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E700 F927r
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Image title:
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Plan des Ville et Fort de l'Isle de Cayenne
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Creator 1:
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C. Inselin
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Creator 1 role:
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sculps.
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Place image published:
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[Paris]
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Image publisher:
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[Nicolas Le Gras]
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Image date:
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[1700]
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Image function:
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plate; following p. 158
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Technique:
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engraving
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Image dimension height:
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13.4 cm.
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Image dimension width:
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8.5 cm.
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Page dimension height:
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16.6 cm.
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Page dimension width:
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9.2 cm.
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Materials medium:
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ink
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Materials support:
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paper
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Languages:
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French
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Description:
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Plan of a fort on the island of Cayenne. Cartographic elements include compass rose and parts of the fort such as the aquaduct, Jesuit church, governor's house, and batteries.
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Source creator:
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Froger, François, b. 1676
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Source Title:
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Relation d'un voyage fait en 1695. 1696. & 1697. aux côtes d'Afrique, Détroit de Magellan, Brezil, Cayenne, & Isles Antilles, par une escadre des vaisseaux du roy, commandée par Monsieur de Gennes. ...
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Source place of publication:
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A Paris
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Source publisher:
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Chez Nicolas Le Gras, au troisième Pilier de la grande Salle du Palais, à l'L couronnée.
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Source date:
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M. DCC. [1700]
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notes:
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Cayenne was established in 1664. This is Fort Saint Michael. Froger notes that the main source of revenue for the area is sugar, but that there are not enough slaves to do the work. The climate is unhealthy. The same plan was published in Thomas Jefferys, The natural and civil history of the French dominions in North and South America, London, 1760.Admiral de Gennes had two purposes in this voyage supported by Louis XIV --to create trouble for Spain and to take booty. Six ships sailed ostensibly to establish a colony at the Strait of Magellan. They stopped on the African coast where they raided a fort, taking slaves and goods that were then sold by one of the ships in the Antilles. The other ships continued on to Rio de Janeiro and down the South American coast to the Strait of Magellan, but they had to turn back due to a shortage of food. They returned to La Rochelle in April 1697.
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Time Period:
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1651-1700
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Owner and copyright:
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©John Carter Brown Library, Box 1894, Brown University, Providence, R.I. 02912
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geographic area:
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Guianas
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Subject Area:
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Geography, maps, city views and plans
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Subject headings:
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Fortification--Cayenne (French Guiana)
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Subject headings:
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Cayenne (French Guiana)--Buildings, structures, etc.
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