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HONDURAS -- Plano del Puerto de la Isla de Roatan, 1792
Spanish manuscript chart of the port on the south coast of Roatan, later Port Royal, Honduras, black ink and colours on paper laid down on cloth (41.5 x 39.5cm.), sea and rivers in greens, soundings, sandbanks, rocks, breakwaters and reefs marked, scale-bar, elaborate compass rose, rhumb-lines. Inscribed, 'No.2'. (Small repaired tear, small unobtrusive hole).
This decorative and interesting manuscript chart was drawn as a navigational guide to entering the port of Roatan, one of the Isles de la Bahìa. The title explains that the port is easy to recognize, with the remains of a castle on a small island abandoned by the English, comprising houses which served as a gunpowder store and a limehouse. Two main entrances to the port are marked 'A' to either side of a rocky reef, where the depth of water and sand is sufficient for any type of vessel to pass through safely, protected from the wind. It adds that the island contains sweet water - one of the rivers marked along the coast is the Rio de Agua dulze.
HONDURAS -- Plano de Parte de la Isla de Roatan y de Puerto Real, [late 18th-century]
Spanish manuscript plan of Port Royal and the surrounding coastline of Roatan, black ink on paper (40.8 x 33.4cm.), marking the town of New Port Royal, forts, soundings, sandbanks, rocks, small islands, scale-bar, compass point (two very small holes, join visible at right margin).
A navigational guide to the heavily fortified town and harbour of Port Royal. Entrance channels are marked, together with sandbanks, beaches and rocks to be avoided. The Spanish had evacuated the Bay Islands in 1650, leaving the way open for pirates and Port Royal became their base until the middle of the 18th century, from where they launched assaults on ships and mainland settlements. The port was also home to British troops, who built two forts, in the years following the war between Spain and England in 1739. The island was handed back to the Spanish in 1748 as part of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, the last settlers deserting the island in 1751.
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Spanish manuscript chart of the port on the south coast of Roatan, later Port Royal, Honduras, black ink and colours on paper laid down on cloth (41.5 x 39.5cm.), sea and rivers in greens, soundings, sandbanks, rocks, breakwaters and reefs marked, scale-bar, elaborate compass rose, rhumb-lines. Inscribed, 'No.2'. (Small repaired tear, small unobtrusive hole).
This decorative and interesting manuscript chart was drawn as a navigational guide to entering the port of Roatan, one of the Isles de la Bahìa. The title explains that the port is easy to recognize, with the remains of a castle on a small island abandoned by the English, comprising houses which served as a gunpowder store and a limehouse. Two main entrances to the port are marked 'A' to either side of a rocky reef, where the depth of water and sand is sufficient for any type of vessel to pass through safely, protected from the wind. It adds that the island contains sweet water - one of the rivers marked along the coast is the Rio de Agua dulze.
HONDURAS -- Plano de Parte de la Isla de Roatan y de Puerto Real, [late 18th-century]
Spanish manuscript plan of Port Royal and the surrounding coastline of Roatan, black ink on paper (40.8 x 33.4cm.), marking the town of New Port Royal, forts, soundings, sandbanks, rocks, small islands, scale-bar, compass point (two very small holes, join visible at right margin).
A navigational guide to the heavily fortified town and harbour of Port Royal. Entrance channels are marked, together with sandbanks, beaches and rocks to be avoided. The Spanish had evacuated the Bay Islands in 1650, leaving the way open for pirates and Port Royal became their base until the middle of the 18th century, from where they launched assaults on ships and mainland settlements. The port was also home to British troops, who built two forts, in the years following the war between Spain and England in 1739. The island was handed back to the Spanish in 1748 as part of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, the last settlers deserting the island in 1751.
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