1740 “Portus Pulchri (Porto Bello, Panama)” Johann Baptist Homann Hand-Colored Engraved Harbor Map New England Original octavo edition 19th century

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

This original painting is stretched and ready to display or custom frame

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

Condition: Great condition - Top edge slight watermarks on Bass - will mat out

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1740 “Portus Pulchri (Porto Bello, Panama)” Johann Baptist Homann Hand-Colored Engraved Harbor Map New England Original octavo edition 19th centuryOriginal 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