Map of Mariel Bay
Date
1764
Creator
Jean-Baptiste Croisey (1740 - 1810, French) , Engraver
After
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 Mariel Bay on the northwest coast of Cuba. A narrow inlet at the top of the map leads into a wide bay with a number of promontories extending into it. A large hill is marked at the entrance of the bay, on the right side of the inlet.
Plate 53 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.53.’ With a cartouche lower left: ‘LE PORT MARIANNE / dans L’isle de Cube / Echelle de Six Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 53 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.53.’ With a cartouche lower left: ‘LE PORT MARIANNE / dans L’isle de Cube / Echelle de Six Cent Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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