- Title: Grundriss von der Rheede und Stadt Vera-Cruz
- Author: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin
- Date: 1754
- Medium: Copperplate engraving
- Condition: Very Good Plus - age toning, light foxing and surface dirt, minor paper loss in left corners
- Inches: 7 1/2 x 9 1/2 [Paper]
- Centimeters: 19.05 x 24.13 [Paper]
- Product ID: 313006
Grundriss von der Rheede und Stadt Vera-Cruz - im 19 Gr. 10 Min. Norder-breite und 100 Gr. 15 Min. gegen West von Paris gelegen.
"Plan of the wharf and the city of Vera-Cruz - in longitude 19 degrees 10 minutes North and latitude 100 degrees 15 minutes West of Paris."
Map of the city of Veracruz along the southeast coast of Mexico. Includes a legend which labels major sites and buildings. Scale marked in yards.
Erkloerung.
1. Die Grosse Kirche.
2. Die Inquisition.
3. Die Jesuiten.
4. Gouverneurs Haus.
5. Zoll Haus.
6. Haus der Assiente Compagnie.
7. Die Augustiner.
Von M. B. Ing. de la Marine. 1754.
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Explanation.
1. The Great Church.
2. The Inquisition.
3. The Jesuits.
4. Governor's House.
5. Customs House.
6. House of the Compagnie de l'Assiente [French colonial commercial body which oversaw the trading of enslaved people and agricultural products on behalf of the French Crown]
7. The Augustinians.
By M. Bellin Engineer of the Navy. 1754.