Chart of the Harbour of Chagres in 1838

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Old manuscript map of Chagres, Chagres River, Chargres, Panama.

Created by David Bates Douglass in 1838.

• Covers the vicinity of the mouth of the Río Chagres and the location of the town of Chagres.
• Also, shows coastline, coastal features, the river, the harbor, navigational hazards, a "line of fortifications", and pictorial representation of vegetation.
• Relief shown pictorially and by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
• Pen-and-ink on tracing linen and mounted.
• Oriented with north to the right.
• "This 1838 tracing is a copy of the ca. 1810 original printed map in an edition of Portulano de la America."--The LUSO-Hispanic World in Maps, page 181.
• Includes note.
• At upper left in black ink on verso: No. 12. Coll of Major David B. Douglass, abt 1838.
• This map has some imperfections: varnish along the left margin. We'll do our best to restore the image before printing.

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