Map of Havana Harbor
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the natural Havana Harbor on the northwest coast of Cuba. The fortified city of Havana is seen on the left side of the map, with forts seen at either side of the entrance to the harbour. A number of churches are builders are marked along the shore of the harbour.
Plate 51 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.51.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘PORT DE LA HAVANE / dans L’isle de Cube / Echelle de 500 Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 51 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.51.’ With a cartouche upper right: ‘PORT DE LA HAVANE / dans L’isle de Cube / Echelle de 500 Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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