A description of the sweet Gulf RMG F1837 (cropped)
Summary
A description of the sweet GulfBound sheet. Col. ms. Additional Places: Costa Rica, Panama, Golfo Dulce. Contents Note: Union flag. Note: 'Capt Sharpe after that he had Cut his ship down at Chira came (here to Corene) where he had Comerce with the Natives & in memory thereof he Call'd it King Charleses harbour Anno 1681.'. Bound in 'A Wagoner of the South Sea describeing the sea coast from acapulco to Albemarle isle', an English translation of a Spanish derrotero captured from the Spanish ship 'Rosario' by Captain Bartholomew Sharpe in 1680. Hack made multiple copies of this atlas. This one was presented to James II.
P/33(39) Sweet Gulf, Hack
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Date
1685
Source
Royal Museums Greenwich
Copyright info
public domain