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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. Echo por Balentin Cierto primer Piloto de la Real Armada, año de 1757.

Cierto, Balentin.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1757]

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.

Reference: LC Maps of North America, 1750-1789, 763

SUBJECTS
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.

RELATED NAMES
Library of Congress. Howe map collection ; 1.

MEDIUM
map 46 x 61 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G3321.P5 1757 .C5 Howe 1

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

DIGITAL ID
g3321p ar076300 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3321p.ar076300

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