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C1766
Plan of Portobello
Mapmaker:
C.18th map of Portobelo, Panama which was was founded in 1597 by Spanish explorer Francisco Velarde y Mercado and replaced Nombre de Dios as the Caribbean port used by the Spanish Empire to ship treasure from the mines of Peru … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Plan of Portobello
Date:
C1766
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Hand coloured copper engraving.
Image Size:
78mm
x 140mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1766
Description:
C.18th map of Portobelo, Panama which was was founded in 1597 by Spanish explorer Francisco Velarde y Mercado and replaced Nombre de Dios as the Caribbean port used by the Spanish Empire to ship treasure from the mines of Peru (via Panama City on the Pacific side of the Isthmus and overland to Portobelo) back to Spain.
From: Smollett, T., A Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages, Digested in a Chronological Series.
Collections:
National Library Australia: Bib ID: 3210528
State Library Victoria: RARES 910.45 C73S
Wellcome Collection: ESTC T185512
Macquarie University NSW: 9185663610802171
Getty Museum Los Angeles: 642446435
Thomas Jefferys (1719 - 1771)
Thomas Jefferys (1719 - 1771) Well known English eighteenth century mapmaker, print seller and publisher. He was apprenticed to Emanuel Bowen on 3rd December 1735. He was appointed Geographer to the Prince of Wales in 1746 and to the King George III on 15 December 1760.
