The Gulf of Nicoya described
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Additional Places: Costa Rica, Golfo de Nicoya. Contents Note: Anchorage and settlements shown. Table of distances. Note: 'Att the Island of Chira in this Gulfe of Nicoya Captain Sharpe cut his ship down'. Bound in 'A Wagoner of the South Sea describeing the sea coast from acapulco to Albemarle isle', an English translation of a Spanish derrotero captured from the Spanish ship 'Rosario' by Captain Bartholomew Sharpe in 1680. Hack made multiple copies of this atlas. This one was presented to James II.
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