Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Keulen, Gerard van
Title:
De Haven van Acapulco, geleegen in de Zuyd Zee, aen de kust van Nova Spanje.
Published / Created:
Te Amsterdam : by G. Van Keulen 1724.
Physical Description:
1 map : manuscript, color ; 52 x 63 cm, on sheet 54 x 68 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Folio A 2023 47
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Maps & Atlases (manuscript)
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:65,000 -- (W 99°55ʹ00ʺ--W 99°50ʹ00ʺ/N 16°52ʹ00ʺ--N 16°47ʹ00ʺ)
Notes:
Title, place of production, and maker from cartouche, in manuscript.

Drawn in pen and black ink, with watercolor.

Bound as map 27 in volume 5 of: Vooght, Claes Janszoon. Le nouveau & grand illuminant flambeau de la mer, de tout le monde. Amsteldam: Gerard van Keulen ..., 1736 [v. 5 is dated 1724] (Yale Center for British Art, Folio A 2023 47).

Van Keulen cartography, Amsterdam 1680-1885, 607.2

Manuscript nautical chart depicting the Gulf of Acapulco, on a printed system of compass lines. With latitude gradation.
Subject Terms:
Coasts -- Mexico. | Acapulco Bay (Mexico) | Acapulco (Mexico)
Form/Genre:
Nautical charts. | Manuscript maps.