Detail View: JCB Map Collection: A Map of the Isthmus of Darien, & Bay of Panama
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Accession Number:
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01943
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File Name:
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01943-1
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Call number:
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D699 W128n
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Map title:
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A Map of the Isthmus of Darien, & Bay of Panama
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Place of Publication:
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[London]
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Publisher:
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[James Knapton]
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Publication date:
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[1699]
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Map size height:
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15.7 cm.
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Map size width:
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15.7 cm.
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Item description:
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fold-out engraved map; preceeding p. 1
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Geographical description:
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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.
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Source author:
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Wafer, Lionel, 1660?-1705?
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Source title:
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A new voyage and description of the isthmus of America ...
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Source place:
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London : Printed for James Knapton, at the Crown in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1699
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Geographic Area:
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South America
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Historical notes:
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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.
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Normalized date:
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1699
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