Plan de la Ville de Lima où des Rois Capitale du Perou

Detailed plan of the city of Lima, centred on its historic core. Published in Paris in 1764 by Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), cartographer and hydrographer of the Dépôt des cartes et plans de la Marine. The city appears in expansion, with plots still unbuilt within the walls. A wall protects it on the south, east and west; to the north, the old course of the Lima river (now the Rímac) and the relief act as a natural defence. The legend, in French, marks the Viceroy’s Palace, the Cathedral, the Town Hall and the hospital. The title and scale are in the upper left corner, within a cartouche.