Mapa de la Isla de Cuba y plano de la Habana

Item Information

Title:
Mapa de la Isla de Cuba y plano de la Habana
Title (alt.):
Mapa historico pintoresco moderno de la Isla de Cuba
Plano pintoresco de la Habana con los numeros de las casas
Publisher:
B. May y Ca
Date:
1853
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Genre:
Historical maps
Location:
Amherst College Archives & Special Collections
G4920 1853 .M3 (shelf locator)
Collection (local):
Manuscript Collection
Subjects:
Cuba--Maps
Havana (Cuba)--Maps
Cuba--History--Illustrations--Maps
Places:
Cuba
Extent:
2 maps on 2 sheets : color (lithograph, tinted yellow) ; 27 x 34 cm and 25 x 34, sheets 46 x 59 cm, folded in cover 17 x 11 cm.
Link to Item:
https://acdc.amherst.edu/view/asc:724025
Terms of Use:
Public Domain: This material has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights. While Amherst College Archives & Special Collections claims no rights or authority over this material, we do ask that any publication or use of this material cite the Archives & Special Collections at Amherst College as the source of the images and the repository where the original documents can be found.
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Place of origin:
Cuba
Language:
Spanish
Notes:
The publication location is not known with certainty but is believed to be Cuba.
Maps bordered by illustrations with the following captions: [Cuba]: Escudo concedido á la isla en 1516 -- Vista de la plaza de S. Francisco -- Toma del Morro de la Habana por los Ingleses 1762 -- Memorable Huracan de 11 de Octubre de 1846 -- Vista de un Ingenie -- Vista de up Cafatel -- Vista de una hacienda de Crianza -- Vista de los baños de San Diego -- Quadro que reresenta la misa que sedijo en la Habana en 1828 -- Vista de la villa y santuario del Cobre -- El Zapateo -- Juego de gallos -- Vista de Estancia -- Vista de una casa de Calderas -- Vista de una vega de tabaco -- Vista de la entrada de puerto de la Habana ; [Habana]: Fuente de la India en el paseo de Isabel 2 -- Real Cárcel y Presidio -- Hospital Militar -- Gran Teatro de Tacon -- Depósito de Villanueva ó Paradero del Ferro-Carril -- Catedral -- Real casa de Beneficencia -- Vista grãl. de la Habana -- Circo Habañero -- Deposito del Gas -- Palacio de Gobierno -- Castillo del Morro -- Templete.
Scale on map of Havana is given in: varas castellanas. Scale on map of Cuba is given in: leguas provinciales de 5000.
Shows street names, house numbers, buildings, fortifications, public institutions, and military facilities in Havana, Cuba; existing and proposed roads and railroads, division boundaries, cities, towns, and coastline detail for the island of Cuba.
Amherst College Archives and Special Collections copy is in original dark grey cloth, decorations stamped in blind and title stamped in gilt; maps are splitting along folds in many places [note: needs conservation]; provenance: removed from the Hills-Skillings Family Papers.