1740 “Portus Pulchri (Porto Bello, Panama)” Johann Baptist Homann Hand-Colored Engraved Harbor Map New England Original engraving by Matthew Carey

Original engraving by Matthew Carey from his ‘American Pocket Atlas’

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An original oil on canvas of a single sailboat cutting through open blue water beneath a billowing sky

1740 “Portus Pulchri (Porto Bello, Panama)” Johann Baptist Homann Hand-Colored Engraved Harbor Map New England Original engraving by Matthew CareyOriginal copperplate engraved by the celebrated Nuremberg cartographic publisher Johann Baptist Homann and issued by the Homann Heirs circa 1740 (plate dated 1739). Finely detailed and visually engaging mid 18th century harbor map of Porto Bello (Portobelo), Panama, Titled Portus Pulchri in Isthmo Panamensi, this attractive copperplate engraving depicts the strategic Caribbean port of Porto Belloone of Spains most important colonial treasure