Plano del Puerto y Rio Guayaquil en el March de el Sur

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:280 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Depth contours. Scale in leagues. Additional Places: Ecuador. Contents Note: Defensive features identified. 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(4)
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Surville, Luis de
Places: Ecuador
Date made: 1777
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 33 x 53cm
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)