Mapa de la Bahia y Ciudad de S.Phelipe de Portobelo

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:14 000]. Cartographic Note: North at eight degrees. Lines of soundings across the bay. Scale in tuesses. Additional Places: Panama. Contents Note: Fortifications shown with their lines of fire. Trompe d'oeil title and key cartouche.
One of fourteen charts bound in a Spanish manuscript book of 1778 reviewing the defences of ports and anchorages in Central and South America.

Object Details

ID: P/18(2)
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Surville, Luis de
Places: Panama
Date made: 1778
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 31 x 42.5cm
Parts: 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. (Manuscript)