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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ID:	P/18
Collection:	Charts and maps
Type:	Manuscript
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Surville, Luis de
Date made:	1778-01-01 - ?; 1778
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Caird Collection
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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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