Vernon Captures Portobello in Spanish Panama Mapmaker(s)_Joshua Ottens This detailed ward plan of

This detailed ward plan of Rotherhithe was commissioned towards the end of his life by Richard Blome (1635-1705) for a proposed Survey or description of the citties of London and Westm[inste]

the only map with an imprint (Turkey) was printed in London by Dean and Son

map 20 x 25

' it documents favorite books that had inspired him intellectually

Eclipsed by some of his great contemporaries

Vernon Captures Portobello in Spanish Panama Mapmaker(s)_Joshua Ottens This detailed ward plan ofPortus Pulchri in Isthmo Panamensi [with] Scenographia Portus Pulchri This 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. The Homann firms source for this piece was a