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English: A Plan OF THE BAY TOWN AND CASTLES OF PORTO BELLO / Survey'd by Lieut: Phi Durell 1739.
Description
English: A manuscript map by Philip Durell, surveyed during the War of Jenkins' Ear and the capture of the Portobelo in November 1739. Dated in line with two dates appearing on the map: 1739 for the main map and 1740 for the inset of San Lorenzo Castle.
Includes a key. Includes an inset: "A Plan OF THE RIVER Town and Castle of CHAGRE by Lieut: P. Durell 1740", with a key, in a scale of approximately: 1:4,800 and oriented with South at the top. Includes an inset: "Prospect of Chagre" (San Lorenzo Castle). Includes an inset: "Prospect of Iron Castle" (fort of San Felipe). Includes an inset: "Prospect of Porto Bello Town, Castle Gloria and Fort St: Ieronimo" (Castle of Santiago de la Gloria and San Jerónimo Battery Fort). Includes decorative title vignettes. Includes insets of forts forming part of the defence system built by the Spanish Crown to protect transatlantic trade (World Heritage Centre, Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo, available from: http://whc.unesco.org/). Includes towns, ports, harbours, castles, fortification, positions of defences, rivers and landing places. Oriented with North towards the lower left. Paper bears a set of watermarks of a shield with a fleur-de-li surmounted with a crown, with number "4" and letters "LVG" underneath, and "IHS" surmounted with a cross and letters: "IVILLEDARY" underneath. Relief shown pictorially and with soundings.
Date [1739-1740]
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Part of King George III's Topographical Collection. Donated to the nation by George IV.
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Creator
Surveyor:
Philip Durell  (1707–1766)  wikidata:Q3379000
 
Philip Durell
Alternative names
Vice-Admiral Philip Durell
Description British naval officer, military officer, sailor, cartographer and admiral
Date of birth/death 1707 Edit this at Wikidata 26 August 1766 / 23 August 1766 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Saint Helier Halifax
Work location
Plymouth Edit this at Wikidata
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creator QS:P170,Q3379000
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 Geotemporal data
Map location Portobelo (Panama)
Scale 1:14,700
OpenStreetMap zoom level 13
Bounding box
N: 9.599444°N
W: 79.690556°W E: 79.638611°W
S: 9.549722°N
Georeferencing Georeference the map in Wikimaps Warper If inappropriate please set warp_status = skip to hide.
 Bibliographic data
Language English
Place of publication [Portobelo?] : [Philip Durell]
 Archival data
institution QS:P195,Q23308
Accession number
British Library Maps K.Top.124.22
Dimensions height: 53 cm (20.8 in); width: 74 cm (29.1 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,53U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,74U174728
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