File:A PLAN of the HARBOUR and Parts of adjacent on the ISTHMUS of DARIEN where the SCOTCH COMPANY was settled - Justly Watson, 1743 - BL Maps K.Top.124.24.2 (BLL01018640966).jpg

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English: A PLAN of the HARBOUR and Parts of adjacent on the ISTHMUS of DARIEN where the SCOTCH COMPANY was settled. / I. Watson: Engineer: 1743.
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English: A manuscript map of the Scottish settlement in Caledonia Bay (New Caledonia with New Edinburgh and Fort of St. Andrews), in use 1698-1700. The colony was abandoned in 1700 by remaining survivors of malaria (Encyclopædia Britannica).
Includes pinpricks. Includes the bay, the settlement, the fort and batteries. Includes trompe-l'œil title vignette. Oriented with South at the top. Paper bears a watermark of a Roman numerical: "IV". Relief shown pictorially and with soundings.
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Part of King George III's Topographical Collection. Donated to the nation by George IV.
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Justly Watson  (1710–1757)  wikidata:Q18528217
 
Justly Watson
Description British military engineer and military officer
Date of birth/death circa  Edit this at Wikidata 1757 Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q18528217
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 Geotemporal data
Map location Darien scheme 
wikidata:Q1166080
/ Isthmus of Panama 
wikidata:Q182139
Scale 1:45,500
OpenStreetMap zoom level 13
Bounding box
N: 8.859722°N
W: 77.679167°W E: 77.601389°W
S: 8.810833°N
Georeferencing Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
 Bibliographic data
Language English
Place of publication [England?] : [Justly Watson]
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
British Library Maps K.Top.124.24.2
Dimensions height: 34 cm (13.3 in); width: 49 cm (19.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,34U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,49U174728
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Initial version of this page based on information from the BL catalogue entry, updated 2017-12-08. Used with permission. Accessed 2018-09-18.

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