Description of the Situation of the Harbours, Bays, etc., of Cartagena, Portovelo, Perico de Panama, Guayaquil, Payta, Callao de Lima, llo, Arica, Cobija, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, la Concepcion de Chile, Baldivia, South America, with their respective plans.

Surville, Luis de (Spanish) 1778. Description of the Situation of the Harbours, Bays, etc., of Cartagena, Portovelo, Perico de Panama, Guayaquil, Payta, Callao de Lima, llo, Arica, Cobija, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, la Concepcion de Chile, Baldivia, South America, with their respective plans.
64 pp., 14 maps, portrait on title page. Bound in half morocco.
The book reviews the defences of ports and anchorages in Spanish Central and South America. Surville was the second official of the Archives of the Secretary of State and for the Indies.

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Bought by James Caird in 1931 from Maggs Bros. Listed in Maggs Bros 'Bibliotheca Nautica' no.508 (1928) p.137 (no.337 in catalogue).

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Item reference:	P/18; MS1931-9938
Catalogue Section:	Manuscript volumes acquired singly by the Museum
Level:	ITEM
Date made:	1778-01-01 - ?; 1778
Creator:	Surville, Luis de
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection

Description of the Situation of the Harbours, Bays, etc., of Cartagena, Portovelo, Perico de Panama, Guayaquil, Payta, Callao de Lima, llo, Arica, Cobija, Coquimbo, Valparaiso, la Concepcion de Chile, Baldivia, South America, with their respective plans.

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