Plano de Panama, y sus centexnos e Yslas, en la de Tobaga se hace la Aguada

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:56 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 110 degrees. Scale in tuesses. Depth contour, sparse soundings. Additional Places: Panama. Contents Note: Town shown in plan. Trompe d'oeil title cartouche, lottery ticket and scrap of paper. On the lottery ticket are names of young women whose names were linked to particular numbers, who would be awarded a small dowry if "their" number were one of the five drawn.
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(3)
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Surville, Luis de
Places: Panama
Date made: 1777
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 36 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)