Plano del Puerto del Callao de Lima y sus ynmediaciones

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Scale: [ca. 1:32 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Scale in tuessas and varas. Additional Places: Peru. Contents Note: Lettered key. Arrows show direction of the swell. Trompe d'oeil cartouches and a map of Spain.
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(6)
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Surville, Luis de
Places: Peru
Date made: 1778
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: 35 x 46cm
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)