Map of Cuba
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 315mm
width (print): 315mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the island of Cuba and its surrounding islets. The city of Havana and the distinctive shape of its harbour can be seen towards the northwest of the island. A number of churches are also marked on the map and can be seen across the island of Cuba.
Plate 50 from Le petit atlas maritime: recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde; en cinq volumes ... vol.1, by Jacques-Nicholas Bellin (Paris, Ministere de la Marine, 1764).
Inscribed top right: ‘Tome I. No.50.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘ISLE DE CUBE / Echelle de 25 Lieues Communes’. The framing scale is in French nautical leagues west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 50 from Le petit atlas maritime: recueil de cartes et plans des quatre parties du monde; en cinq volumes ... vol.1, by Jacques-Nicholas Bellin (Paris, Ministere de la Marine, 1764).
Inscribed top right: ‘Tome I. No.50.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘ISLE DE CUBE / Echelle de 25 Lieues Communes’. The framing scale is in French nautical leagues west of the Paris meridian.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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