Subject: Chagres, Panama
Period: 1769 (circa)
Publication: Nieuwe en Beknopte Hand-Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
6.9 x 10.2 inches
17.5 x 25.9 cm
Copper engraved plan of this important port on the Atlantic coast of Panama.  The map provides a terrific picture of the river, town, castle, fort and countryside.  Details include soundings, shoals, rocks and roads.
References: Shirley (BL Atlases) T.TIR-2a.
Condition: A
A crisp impression on a clean, bright sheet of watermarked paper with faint offsetting.  A binding trim at right has been replaced with period-correct paper.