Veracruz, Mexico antique map by Bellin 1754

Veracruz, Mexico antique map by Bellin 1754

Title: Plan de la Rade et Ville de la Vera Cruz.
In lower right margin: Tome XII N° 7.

Copper etching by Bellin in hand coloring

Mapmaker: Jacques Nicolas Bellin (1703 – 21 March 1772)
(Royal Hydrographer, engineer of the French Navy and member of the Royal Society)

Origin: Antoine-François Prevost's monumental 20 volume edition of L`Histoire Generale des Voyages published The Hague between 1747 – 1780

Size:
Sheet app.: 16.5 x 23.5 cm. 6.5 x 9.5 inches.
Image app.: 15 x 21 cm. 6 x 8.25 inches.
Condition: Overall very good, folds as published.