Map of the bay of Santiago de Cuba
Date
1764
Creator
Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 - 1772, French) , Hydrographer
Object type
Library reference
27356
Material
Technique
Dimensions
height (print): 225mm
width (print): 170mm
width (print): 170mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Map showing the entrance to the bay of Santiago de Cuba from the Caribbean Sea, with the Castillo del Morro fort shown on the east side of the inlet. An island can be seen within the bay, and a road is marked leading between the forts and the town on the right side of the map.
Plate 55 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.55.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘ENTRÉE DE LA BAYE / DE ST. YAGO / dans L’isle de Cube’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
Plate 55 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.55.’ With a cartouche lower right: ‘ENTRÉE DE LA BAYE / DE ST. YAGO / dans L’isle de Cube’.
Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772), French hydrographer, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1753.
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