An eye draft of Logger-head Cay near to Cape Catoche in 21…

Title: An eye draft of Logger-head Cay near to Cape Catoche in 21 de: 20 mi: N: L:
Date: [1760]
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Size: Width: 38 cm. Height: 14 cm.
Description: Manuscript map; in ink and colors on vellum Probably a map of Cabo Catoche at the tip of the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Unfinished. Possibly detached from larger sheet. Lacks compass direction; penciled rectangle in upper left corner not filled in.
Spatial Coverage: North America
Permanent Unique Identifier: C-6707
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Notes: Cabo Catoche or Cape Catoche was the site of the first intentional landing of Europeans in Mexico in 1517. It is also the point where there is a great abundance of marine life and an important hatchery for sea turtles and a host of bird species.
Manuscript or Print: Manuscript
Original or Facsimile Edition: Original
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Administrative and political divisions--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Antiquities--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Antiquities--Maps--Early works to 1800
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Antiquities--Maps--History
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Discovery and exploration--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico, Gulf of--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico, Gulf of--Maps--Early works to 1800
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Historical geography--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--History--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--History--Spanish colony, 1540-1810--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Maps--Early works to 1800
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Mexico--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Antiquities--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Yucatán (Mexico : State)--Maps--Early works to 1800
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Yucatán Peninsula--Antiquities--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Yucatán Peninsula--Discovery and exploration--Maps--Early works to 1800
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Yucatán Peninsula--Maps
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Yucatán Peninsula--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
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