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Original steel engraving by Alvin J
contributing to the documentation of city life and architecture
Original engraving by Matthew Carey from his ‘American Pocket Atlas’
Condition: Great condition - Top edge slight watermarks on Bass - will mat out
1740 “Portus Pulchri (Porto Bello, Panama)” Johann Baptist Homann Hand-Colored Engraved Harbor Map New England Original steel engraving by AlvinOriginal 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
