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Source Description
This landscape view provides an elevated perspective of the harbor of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. The view is from south to north, with the bulk of the developed town on the northern side of the harbor. In the background at the left is Fort Joseph, later known as Fort Dauphin or Fort Liberte. In the foreground is the palatial residence of the marine commissar, one Monsieur Mardssaux. The reference to this "Commissaire de la marine," a French military post, suggests that the image was created before Haiti's independence from France in 1804. The title and legend at the bottom of the image were added by hand, and include references to forts, "quarters," roads, and plazas in and around Port-au-Prince.
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Document identity
localId
x633fb00c
label
Vue du Port-au-Prince et ses environs
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
x633fb00c
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
Vue du Port-au-Prince et ses environs
description
This landscape view provides an elevated perspective of the harbor of Port-au-Prince, the capital city of Haiti. The view is from south to north, with the bulk of the developed town on the northern side of the harbor. In the background at the left is Fort Joseph, later known as Fort Dauphin or Fort Liberte. In the foreground is the palatial residence of the marine commissar, one Monsieur Mardssaux. The reference to this "Commissaire de la marine," a French military post, suggests that the image was created before Haiti's independence from France in 1804. The title and legend at the bottom of the image were added by hand, and include references to forts, "quarters," roads, and plazas in and around Port-au-Prince.
date
["1800"]
year
1800
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
French
identifierLocal
05_04_000143
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
American Revolutionary War-Era Maps
Urban Maps
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Landscape views
Port-au-Prince (Haiti)--Maps
Port-au-Prince (Haiti)--Aerial views
subjectsGeographic
Haiti
North and Central America
Ouest
Port-au-Prince
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
Still image
country
Haiti
state
Ouest
city
Port-au-Prince
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
S.l
publisher
[s.n.]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
dn39z222j
schema:latitude
18.539
schema:longitude
-72.335
extent
1 view ; 49 x 28 cm.
notes
Includes references to forts, quarters, roads and plazas.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL)
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no
dcId
x633fb00c
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map
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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2b69ac1495c9348c