The point of meriato
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Additional Places: Panama, Punta Mariato. Contents Note: Note: 'a deep sea; very unquiet frequented by stormes & it is neither port not harbour'. 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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