Lot 131

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William Hacke and Robert Morden, 17th C. map promoting Scotland's "Darien Scheme" in Panama, rare first edition, 1699, two engraved maps on one sheet, "A Draft of the Golden & Adjacent Islands, with Part of ye Isthmus of Darien..." and "A New Map of ye Isthmus of Darien in America, the Bay of Panama, the Gulph of Vallona or St. Michael...", by William Hacke and Robert Morden, engraved by Herman Moll, published by John Senex, hand-colored, the upper map depicts the north coast of Panama with part of the San Blas Islands and features the short-lived colony of New Edinburgh, The Company of Scotland established this ill-fated trading settlement on the Darien coast of Panama in 1698, but despite being well located within a year the colony failed due to illness and attack by Spanish galleons, the failure of the Darien Scheme contributed greatly to the crippling of the entire Scottish economy that eventually led to the dissolution of the Scottish Parliament and the 1707 Act of Union with England, the lower map shows the whole isthmus of Panama with part of Costa Rica and Colombia, both maps were finely engraved with rhumb lines, compass roses, sailing ships, soundings and decorative cartouches, nicely framed and matted behind glass, wear consistent with age and use including tears, repairs, creasing, scuffs, pin-sized holes, toning, etc., sold as found, frame size: 30" h. x 26" w.

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