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Title
Vue du Port et de la Ville de la Havane, prise de la Montagne pres du Chemin entree la Regla et Guanavacoa // [A view of the Harbour & City of Havana, taken from the hill near the road between La Regla & Guanavacoa].
Call Number
A West 24/Drawer 05/GC106/Full Folio/17th-18th c. GA 2005.01517
Identifier
ark:/88435/dch989rh13n
Publisher
London : [s.n.], 1768.
Language
No linguistic content
Date Created
1768
Extent
1 item
References
Stokes, Iconography, vol. I, p. 286. From Scenographia Americana.
Rights Statement
Copyright Not Evaluated
Notes
Medium: Engravings
Inscribed: 'To the Right Honourable George Earl of Albemarle, // Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces on the late Expedition to Cuba // These Six Views of the City, Harbour & Country of the Havana, are most humbly Inscribed. // By His Lordships most obedient & devoted humble Serv T, Elias Durnford, Engineer. // 1. The Cavanos 2. The Morro 3. Entrance of the Harbour 4. The Punta 5. Redoubts 6. Guadaloupe 7. The Dock 8. Gonzales Hill 9. New Powder Magazine 10. Isle de Puntas 11. La Regla 12. Landing Place a. The Mountain aloe 25 ft. high b. The Plantain 10 ft. high c. The Plantain Fruit.'

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Subject
Landscapes—Latin America—1768
Landscapes—Cuba—Havana—1768
Harbors—Cuba—Havana—In art
Landscapes—Caribbean Area—1768
Waterfronts—Cuba—Havana—In art
Coasts—Cuba—Havana—In art
Cities and towns—Cuba—Havana—In art

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File Count
2

Institutional Information

Collection
Omega Project
Selections from the Graphic Arts Collection
IIIF Manifest URL

https://figgy.princeton.edu/concern/scanned_resources/da5137a3-9620-4b0d-b374-799704814201/manifest