Grundriss von der Rheede und Stadt Vera-Cruz: Bellin 1754

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.  About the Cartographer: Jacques-Nicolas Bellin (1703-1772) was a French hydrographer and geographer who produced a prodigious body of work over a nearly fifty-year career. Appointed hydrographer of the French Navy at the age of eighteen, he eventually became