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Plan de la Rade et Ville de la Vera Cruz.

  • ARTIST: Jacques Bellin

  • PUBLISHER: Published by Jean Francois de La Harpe, Paris.

  • MEDIUM: Copper plate engraving,

    DATE: 1754.

  • EDITION SIZE: Image 8 5/16 x 6 1/8" (21 x 15.5 cm).

  • DESCRIPTION: Bellin’s map of the port of Vera Cruz, Mexico which appeared in Prevost's "L'Histoire Generale des Voyages".<br><br> The cartographer Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was one of the most important and proficient French cartographers of the eighteenth century. He was appointed the first Ingenieur Hydrographe de la Marine, and also the Official Hydrographer to the French King. <br><br>

  • ADDITIONAL INFO: Manuscript number in lower margin "No. 269"

  • CONDITION: Good condition. B/W

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  • CATEGORIES: Maps