Subject: Panama
Period: 1754 (dated)
Publication: Histoire Generale des Voyages
Color: Hand Color
Size:
11.4 x 7.6 inches
29 x 19.3 cm
An attractive, small map featuring good detail of Panama many years before the creation of the Canal and Lake Bayano. Numerous place names including S. Yago on the Azuevo Peninsula, Portobelo, Se. Marie, Panama, etc. Extends to include the Gulf of Darien. Adorned with a delicate title cartouche.
References: Kapp (MCC-73) #74.
Condition: A
Issued folding on a bright sheet of watermarked paper with tissue reinforcements on verso to several folds. The binding trim at right has been replaced with old paper.