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Plano Depuerto [sic] Caballo y Omoa en la costa de Honduras situado en 16 grs. de latd. N. y 287 grs. 35 mtos. de longd. al meridiano de Tenerife / copiado por Juan Curado, concurrente de la Real Escuela de Navegación del Depto. de Cádiz, baxo la correcn. de Dn. Joseph Badco., mtro. delinor. por S.M. en dha. escuela, año de 1756 ; esde la Real Escuela de Navegación, en el Departamento de Cádiz, a. 1756.

Curado, Juan Manuel.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
[1756]

NOTES
Depths shown by soundings.

Prime meridian: Tenerife.

Watermarks: IV; and, fleur-de-lis.

Pen-and-ink and watercolor.

Mounted on cloth backing.

Reference: LC Luso-Hispanic World, 500

Maggs number annotated in pencil in lower right margin: 256.

Scale [ca. 1:62,100].

SUBJECTS
Puerto Cortés Region (Honduras)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Omoa Region (Cortés, Honduras)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Coasts--Honduras--Puerto Cortés Region--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Coasts--Honduras--Omoa Region (Cortés)--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Atlantic Coast (Honduras)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Honduras--Puerto Cortés Region.
Honduras--Omoa Region (Cortés)
Honduras--Atlantic Coast.

RELATED NAMES
Real Escuela de Navegación (Cádiz, Spain)

RELATED TITLES
[Maggs purchase map collection ; 147]

MEDIUM
1 map : ms., col. ; 31 x 42 cm.

CALL NUMBER
G4834.P8A1 1756 .C8 Vault

REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA

DIGITAL ID
g4834p lh000500 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g4834p.lh000500

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