Plano del Puerto de Payta

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:200 000}. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Scale in leguas Castellanas. Additional Places: Peru, Paita. Contents Note: Trompe d'oeil hunting print.
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(5)
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Surville, Luis de
Places: Peru; Paita
Date made: 1778
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 30.5 x 43.5cm
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)