"Carte Reduite de l'Isle de Cube Dressee au Depot des Cartes et Plans de la Marine pour le Service des Vaisseaux du Roy...", Bellin, Jacques Nicolas

This superb, large sea chart covers all of Cuba with the Florida Keys and the southern Bahamas from Bimini eastward. The map is filled with topographical information, towns, roads, and forts. The hydrographical information includes inlets, soundings, anchorages, routes of navigation, shoals, and navigational hazards. The large title cartouche features a serpent and a fierce crocodile. This important map was reproduced on a 1973 Cuban postage stamp.

References: Cueto #44; Sellers & Van Ee #1780.

Condition: B+

On a sturdy sheet with a double-headed eagle watermark. There is light soiling, minor offsetting, a printer's crease along the centerfold, and marginal dampstaining. Remnants of hinge tape on verso.