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Map Descripcion de la costa de Tierra Firme desde el Rio de la Empalizada hasta Cavo de Clara. Por las latitudes y longitudes de Dn. Bartolome de Rosa.

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Title

  • Descripcion de la costa de Tierra Firme desde el Rio de la Empalizada hasta Cavo de Clara. Por las latitudes y longitudes de Dn. Bartolome de Rosa.

Names

  • Cierto, Balentin.

Created / Published

  • [1757]

Headings

  • -  Nautical charts--Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--Early works to 1800
  • -  Nautical charts--Cuba--Early works to 1800
  • -  Atlantic Coast (U.S.)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Nautical charts--Bahamas--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Cuba--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Bahamas--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
  • -  United States--Atlantic Coast
  • -  Cuba
  • -  Bahamas

Notes

  • -  Scale ca. 1:3,300,000.
  • -  Title on verso: Florida & Cuba, 140.
  • -  Manuscript, pen-and-ink, on tracing paper.
  • -  Soundings shown in fathoms.
  • -  Prime meridian: Ferro.
  • -  Shows Cuba, Bahama Islands, northern Yucatan Peninsula, and the coast of the United States from "Cape Clara" to the mouth of the Mississippi River.
  • -  LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 763
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Vault
  • -  AACR2: 650/1; 650/2; 651/3; 650/4; 650/5; 650/6

Medium

  • map 46 x 61 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G3321.P5 1757 .C5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • gm72003557

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Cierto, Balentin. Descripcion de la costa de Tierra Firme desde el Rio de la Empalizada hasta Cavo de Clara. Por las latitudes y longitudes de Dn. Bartolome de Rosa. [1757] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/gm72003557/.

APA citation style:

Cierto, B. (1757) Descripcion de la costa de Tierra Firme desde el Rio de la Empalizada hasta Cavo de Clara. Por las latitudes y longitudes de Dn. Bartolome de Rosa. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/gm72003557/.

MLA citation style:

Cierto, Balentin. Descripcion de la costa de Tierra Firme desde el Rio de la Empalizada hasta Cavo de Clara. Por las latitudes y longitudes de Dn. Bartolome de Rosa. [1757] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/gm72003557/>.