COLLECTION NAME:
JCB Map Collection
mediaCollectionId
JCBMAPS~1~1
JCB Map Collection
Collection
true
Accession Number:
01943
accession_number
01943
Accession Number
false
File Name:
01943-1
file_name
01943-1
File Name
false
Call number:
D699 W128n
call_number
D699 W128n
Call number
false
Map title:
A Map of the Isthmus of Darien, & Bay of Panama
map_title
A Map of the Isthmus of Darien, & Bay of Panama
Map title
false
Place of Publication:
[London]
place_of_publication
[London]
Place of Publication
false
Publisher:
[James Knapton]
publisher
[James Knapton]
Publisher
false
Publication date:
[1699]
publication_date
[1699]
Publication date
false
Map size height:
15.7 cm.
map_size_height
15.7 cm.
Map size height
false
Map size width:
15.7 cm.
map_size_width
15.7 cm.
Map size width
false
Item description:
fold-out engraved map; preceeding p. 1
item_description
fold-out engraved map; preceeding p. 1
Item description
false
Geographical description:
Map of Panama with two inset maps of the northern coast of Panama and the southern coast of Panama. Cartographic elements includes scale, soundings, sea banks or shoals, compass rose, some topographical details, and the path to the Pacific from the Atlantic.
geographical_description
Map of Panama with two inset maps of the northern coast of Panama and the southern coast of Panama. Cartographic elements includes scale, soundings, sea banks or shoals, compass rose, some topographical details, and the path to the Pacific from the Atlantic.
Geographical description
false
Source author:
Wafer, Lionel, 1660?-1705?
source_author
Wafer, Lionel, 1660?-1705?
Source author
false
Source title:
A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America ...
source_title
A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America ...
Source title
false
Source place:
London : Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1699
source_place
London : Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1699
Source place
false
Geographic Area:
South America
geographic_area
South America
Geographic Area
false
Historical notes:
Wafer joined Bartholomew Sharp and William Dampier on an expedition aimed at raiding Spanish settlements in Central and South America from 1679 to 1681. After a near fatal accident on the isthmus of Panama, he was nursed back to health by the Cuna Indians of the region. He was engaged by the Darien Company in 1698 as a consultant.
historical_notes
Wafer joined Bartholomew Sharp and William Dampier on an expedition aimed at raiding Spanish settlements in Central and South America from 1679 to 1681. After a near fatal accident on the isthmus of Panama, he was nursed back to health by the Cuna Indians of the region. He was engaged by the Darien Company in 1698 as a consultant.
Historical notes
false
Normalized date:
1699
normalized_date
1699
Normalized date
false