Map of Santiago de Cuba
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 215mm
width (print): 160mm
width (print): 160mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the bay of Santiago de Cuba, on the southeastern coast of the island. A collection of buildings comprising the city can be seen at the top right of the map, with fortifications shown at the entrance to the bay.
Plate 54 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.54.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PLAN DE LA BAYE DE ST. YAGO / dans L’isle de Cube. / Echelle de Mille Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 54 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.54.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘PLAN DE LA BAYE DE ST. YAGO / dans L’isle de Cube. / Echelle de Mille Toises’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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