Vue du Port de la Havane
Aguatint, contemporary hand coloured
Paris , chez Hocquart, c. 1833
Garneray, son of the painter Jean Francios, joined the French navy in 1796, was captured by the English in 1806. He spent the next 8 years in UK prisons. After his release he became a professional painter, like his father. In 1833 he became director of a museum in Rouen, France, and one of the pioneers of the aquatint technology. A peintre official de la Marine he completed views of most known French harbours and also 40 views of foreign harbours. Ours is one of them.
The image of Havana is finely detailed and a flawless example
Cuba (et) Hispaniola; Jamaica...
Amsterdam, Jodocus Hondius 1609
(Koeman Me 19)
Copperplate engraving
35x49,5 cm
Verso: French text
Contemporary color
Condition: a bit crumpy in the lower, central; fold. No loss.
This attractive, early map of some of the main islands of the Caribbean is also looked for because it includes the first printed image of the harbor and city of Havana, portus celiberimus totius indiae occidentalis, the most famous port of the Caribbean.
