Description of the Situation of the Harbours, Bays, etc., of Cartagena, Portovelo, Perico de Panama, Guayaquil, Payta, Callao de Lima, llo, Arica, Cobija, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, la Concepcion de Chile, Baldivia, South America, with their respective plans.
Surville, Luis de (Spanish) 1778. Description of the Situation of the Harbours, Bays, etc., of Cartagena, Portovelo, Perico de Panama, Guayaquil, Payta, Callao de Lima, llo, Arica, Cobija, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, la Concepcion de Chile, Baldivia, South America, with their respective plans.
64 pp., 14 maps, portrait on title page. Bound in half morocco.
The book reviews the defences of ports and anchorages in Spanish Central and South America. Surville was the second official of the Archives of the Secretary of State and for the Indies.
Administrative / biographical background
Bought by James Caird in 1931 from Maggs Bros. Listed in Maggs Bros 'Bibliotheca Nautica' no.508 (1928) p.137 (no.337 in catalogue).
64 pp., 14 maps, portrait on title page. Bound in half morocco.
The book reviews the defences of ports and anchorages in Spanish Central and South America. Surville was the second official of the Archives of the Secretary of State and for the Indies.
Administrative / biographical background
Bought by James Caird in 1931 from Maggs Bros. Listed in Maggs Bros 'Bibliotheca Nautica' no.508 (1928) p.137 (no.337 in catalogue).
Record Details
| Item reference: | P/18; MS1931-9938 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum |
| Level: | ITEM |
| Date made: | 1778-01-01 - ?; 1778 |
| Creator: | Surville, Luis de |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection |