Map of the Bay of Matanzas
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 165mm
width (print): 165mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the Bay of Matanzas, a natural inlet on the northern shore of Cuba. The town of Matanzas can be seen at the lower left of the map, just down the coast from San Severino Castle, marked here as ‘Fort S. Charles’.
Plate 52 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.52.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘BAYE DE MATANCE / dans L’isle de Cube / Echelle de Seize Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 52 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.52.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘BAYE DE MATANCE / dans L’isle de Cube / Echelle de Seize Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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