Plan of the anchoring place at the island of Quibo. 1794.

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Plan of the anchoring place at the island of Quibo. 1794.

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Shows Coiba Island (a twentieth century possession of Panama); includes soundings. Forms part of British naval officer James Colnett's 1794 manuscript Voyage for whaling and discovery round C. Horn into the Pacific Oceans (Ayer MS 3047).

1 ms. map ; 262 x 203 mm.

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