Detail View: JCB Map Collection: Grondt-teeckening vande Stadt en Kasteel Porto Rico ende gelegenheyt vande haven
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Accession Number:
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03502
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File Name:
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03502-2
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Call number:
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F644 L742h / 2-SIZE (copy 1)
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Map title:
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Grondt-teeckening vande Stadt en Kasteel Porto Rico ende gelegenheyt vande haven
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Place of Publication:
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[Leiden]
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Publisher:
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[Bonaventuer & Abraham Elsevier]
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Publication date:
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[1644]
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Map size height:
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25.5 cm.
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Map size width:
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33 cm.
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Item description:
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engraved map; following p. 58
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Geographical description:
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Plan of San Juan Bautista on Puerto Rico, showing location of the castle or fortress, wells, market square, monasteries, and churches. Items in the image are lettered for identification in key below.
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Source author:
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Laet, Joannes de, 1593-1649
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Source title:
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Historie ofte Iaerlijck verhael van de verrichtinghen der Geoctroyeerde West-Indische Compagnie, zedert haer begin, tot het eynde van 't jaer sesthien-hondert ses-en-dertich ...
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Source place:
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Tot Leyden : by Bonaventuer ende Abraham Elsevier, Anno 1644
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Geographic Area:
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Caribbean
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Historical notes:
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The plan shows the location of the Castillo San Felipe del Morro, a 16th-century fortress named in honor of King Philip II of Spain, that was designed to guard the entrance to San Juan bay.
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Normalized date:
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1644
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