Title
A View of the Entrance of the Harbour of the Havana, taken from within the Wrecks = Vue de l'Entree du Port de la Havane prise en dedans des Batiments echoues = Vista de La entrada del Puerto de la Havana desde los Naufragios. / Drawn by Elias Durnford, Engineer ; Engraved by Peter Canot.
Creator
Canot, Pierre Charles, 1710-1777, printmaker.
Publication details
London : Publish'd according to Act of Parliament Aug.t 1764 by T. Jefferys, Corner of St. Martins Lane, [August 1764]
Physical details
1 print : engraving and etching ; platemark 36.6 x 53.5 cm, on sheet 37.9 x 54.7 cm
Description
Boats and ships sailing among flotsam in the entrance to the Port of Havana (La Habana) in the foreground, with fortifications at left and signal house of Morro Castle at right in the background.
Place
Havana (Cuba)
Additional information
One of six views drawn by Elias Durnford and dedicated to the Earl of Albemarle.
Other persons
Durnford, Elias, 1739-1794, artist.
Shelfmark
Maps K.Top.123.28.b.