1740 “Portus Pulchri (Porto Bello, Panama)” Johann Baptist Homann Hand-Colored Engraved Harbor Map New England One of the earliest large-scale

One of the earliest large-scale scientific surveys of colonial Virginia

Original octavo edition 19th century lithograph from 1st edition John James Audubon "Birds of America"

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1740 “Portus Pulchri (Porto Bello, Panama)” Johann Baptist Homann Hand-Colored Engraved Harbor Map New England One of the earliest large-scaleOriginal copperplate engraved by the celebrated Nuremberg cartographic publisher Johann Baptist Homann and issued by the Homann Heirs circa 1740 (plate dated 1739). Finely detailed and visually engaging mid 18th century harbor map of Porto Bello (Portobelo), Panama, Titled Portus Pulchri in Isthmo Panamensi, this attractive copperplate engraving depicts the strategic Caribbean port of Porto Belloone of Spains most important colonial treasure