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Source Description
Map showing defenses in Havana and the surrounding area. Many individual rural households are named. Transportation routes, marshes, mangroves, churches, cemeteries, and many public buildings are named. Hydrography is shown in detail.
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Document identity
localId
k069cf885
label
Map showing locations of temporary field works erected by the Spanish for the land defense of Havana, 1897-1898
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
k069cf885
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Map showing locations of temporary field works erected by the Spanish for the land defense of Havana, 1897-1898
description
Map showing defenses in Havana and the surrounding area. Many individual rural households are named. Transportation routes, marshes, mangroves, churches, cemeteries, and many public buildings are named. Hydrography is shown in detail.
date
["[ca. 1900]"]
year
1900
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_018379
creators
United States. Army. Corps of Engineers
Black, William Murray, 1855-1933
United States. War Department
United States. Army. Department of Cuba
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Havana (Cuba)--Maps
Military engineering--Cuba--Havana--Maps
subjectsGeographic
Cuba
Havana
North and Central America
genreBasic
Maps
genreSpecific
Military maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Cuba
city
Havana
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[Washington, D.C.]
publisher
[Government Printing Office]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
23.1167
schema:longitude
-82.35
extent
1 map ; 65 x 63 cm, on sheet 96 x 70 cm
notes
Detached from Annual reports of the War Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1900. Report of the Lieutenant General commanding the army (Washington : Government Printing Office, 1900).
"Temporary Field Works were located by triangulation and referred by rectangular coordinates to Morro Tower as Origin. Main Highways were traversed by stadia. Minor roads and minor details were sketched by Batson [sic] Board Method. Other data chosen from original Spanish sources, after consulting with Sr. Esteban T. Pichardo. Joseph A. Sargent, Asst. Engr., in charge of survey."
"War 56 2."
"Plate No. 125."
Includes notes and indexed tables "Locations of most important field works" and "Important triangulated points other than field works."
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no
dcId
k069cf885
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map
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1
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0
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photo
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30d2e829c055e78c