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The foreign fleet – printed on this map in black – were cruisers from Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, and Argentina, tasked with protecting the interests of their respective nationals in the area during the revolt. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBroadsheet publication, 31 x 46 cm, three maps on one sheet, printed in colours, old folds, one or two light spots and stains and some wear to folds, blank verso. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReferences\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe map may have been printed as a supplement for a local newspaper, but appears to have been sold separately (a price is printed, bottom left). \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eNo copies located on Worldcat.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42073034621143,"sku":"9604","price":300.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/products\/9604.jpg?v=1637235006"},{"product_id":"coltons-map-of-cuba","title":"Colton's Map of Cuba","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis is one of the most detailed mid-19th Century American atlas maps of Cuba and the region, set within Colton’s distinctive style of border, by one of the most active American map and atlas publishers of the period.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFrom 1833 Colton established a successful business publishing guidebooks and railroad maps, and brought his two sons into the firm shortly before entering the atlas market in 1855.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteel engraving, 32 x 40 cm, original hand colour, light uniform browning, blank verso. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42073061490903,"sku":"9610","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/products\/9610.jpg?v=1637237501"},{"product_id":"tallis-map-of-central-america","title":"Tallis' Map of Central America","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThis map of Central America was engraved by John Rapkin for John Tallis' popular ‘Illustrated Atlas’.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIt includes black and white vignettes of Belize, Antigua and Guatemala engraved by George Richard Manwaring after Henry Winkles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition \u0026amp; Materials \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSteel engraving, 26.5 x 33 cm, original outline colour, blank verso.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bryars \u0026 Bryars","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42073225101527,"sku":"9629","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0579\/2550\/1126\/products\/9629.jpg?v=1637244399"},{"product_id":"vernon-captures-portobello-in-spanish-panama","title":"Vernon Captures Portobello in Spanish Panama","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePortus Pulchri in Isthmo Panamensi [with] Scenographia Portus Pulchri\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a plan and view of the successful British attack on the wealthy and strategically important Spanish harbour of Portobello in Panama. Under Admiral Vernon (for whom the Washington family estate Mount Vernon was named), Portobello fell within a day in November 1739. This was one of the early actions of the War of Jenkins’ Ear.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Homann firm’s source for this piece was a printed plan based upon an eye-witness sketch by Lieutenant Phillip Durrell, which was brought to London by Captain James Rentone and published in May 1740.\u003cspan class=\"Apple-converted-space\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJohann Baptist Homann (1664-1724), was a self-taught copper engraver who founded the leading German cartographic publishing house of the eighteenth-century. 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