Plan de la Rade et Ville de la Vera-cruz; Situee par 19.deg.10.min. de Lat. Sep. et 100 deg.15m. a l'Occid. de Paris
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Paris: Bellin, 1764. Map. Engraving with hand-coloring. Image measures 8 1/4 x 6 This detailed map shows the Port of Veracruz in Mexico in the middle of the 18th century. Founded in the 1500s by Hernan Cortes, the city became one of the wealthiest cities in New Spain. On this sea chart, however, the city's appearance in the lower left corner makes it secondary to the islands off the coast that are the chart's
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