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Map Spherical Map That Shows the North of the Santo Domingo Island and the Eastern Part of Canal Viejo of Bahamas. Carta esferica que comprehende los desemboques al norte de la Isla de Sto Domingo y la parte oriental del Canal Viejo de Bahama

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Title

  • Spherical Map That Shows the North of the Santo Domingo Island and the Eastern Part of Canal Viejo of Bahamas.

Other Title

  • Carta esferica que comprehende los desemboques al norte de la Isla de Sto Domingo y la parte oriental del Canal Viejo de Bahama

Summary

  • This early-19th century Spanish naval map shows the eastern Caribbean, from the northern coasts of Hispaniola (present-day Haiti and the Dominican Republic) and Cuba to the Bahamas. The map was engraved by Fernando Selma (1752-1810), a well-known Spanish engraver who produced not only maps, but also portraits of notable Spaniards.

Names

  • Selma, Fernando Engraver.

Created / Published

  • Madrid, Spain : Direccion de Hidrografica, 1802.

Headings

  • -  Bahamas
  • -  Cuba
  • -  Dominican Republic
  • -  Haiti
  • -  1802
  • -  Nautical charts

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : 59 x 90 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: National Library of Brazil.
  • -  Content in Spanish.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

Medium

  • 1 online resource.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668378

Online Format

  • compressed data
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Selma, Fernando Engraver. Spherical Map That Shows the North of the Santo Domingo Island and the Eastern Part of Canal Viejo of Bahamas. Madrid, Spain: Direccion de Hidrografica, 1802. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668378/.

APA citation style:

Selma, F. E. (1802) Spherical Map That Shows the North of the Santo Domingo Island and the Eastern Part of Canal Viejo of Bahamas. Madrid, Spain: Direccion de Hidrografica. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668378/.

MLA citation style:

Selma, Fernando Engraver. Spherical Map That Shows the North of the Santo Domingo Island and the Eastern Part of Canal Viejo of Bahamas. Madrid, Spain: Direccion de Hidrografica, 1802. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668378/>.