Map of a part of the island of Cuba and of the…

Title: Map of a part of the island of Cuba and of the Bahamas
Date: ca.1650
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Size: 1 map : ms., col. ; 50 x 71 cm.
Description: "Joan Vinckeboons (1617-70) was a Dutch cartographer and engraver born into a family of artists of Flemish origin. He was in the employ of the Dutch West India Company and produced maps for over 30 years for use by Dutch mercantile and military shipping. This map of a portion of central Cuba and the Bahamas reflects the careful mapping that the Dutch West India Company undertook to facilitate safe and successful navigation in that region. The map identifies the Bahamas Channel (i.e., the Gulf Stream) that served as the main shipping channel along the east coast of North America for return voyages to Europe. It also includes coastline, coastal features, navigational hazards, islands, pictorial representation of relief, settlements, numerous rhumb lines, and an ornate wind rose. Sites along the Florida coast from Cape Canaveral to the Keys are identified. The island of Guanihani is located in the Bahamas. Geographic names appear either in Spanish or Dutch. The map is part of the Henry Harrisse Manuscript Collection in the Library of Congress." World Digital Library. Scale [ca. 1:1,650,000].
Language of Item: Femish
Language of Item: Dutch
Thematic Coverage: Location
Permanent Unique Identifier: 560610
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Notes: Pen-and-ink and watercolor.|Relief shown pictorially.|Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Manuscript or Print: Manuscript
Original or Facsimile Edition: Original
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Bahamas -- Maps, Manuscript -- Early works to 1800
Library of Congress Subject Heading: Cuba -- Maps, Manuscript -- Early works to 1800
Keywords or Tags: Cuba--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800; Bahamas--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800; Cuba; Bahamas
External Reference Permalink: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3291s.ct000341