DURELL, Philip (1707-1766). This plan of the Harbour, Town and Forts of Porto Bello. London: S. Harding and W.H. Toms, 27 March 1740.
Engraved map, image 430 x 586 mm (sheet 433 x 588 mm). (Trimmed close to neatline, a few pale stains.) FIRST EDITION, depicting the Battle of Porto Bello between Britain and Spain during the War of Jenkins' Ear and the Austrian Succession. Vice Admiral Edward Vernon took the port and town of Porto Bello, an important transfer point for gold and silver from South America for the Spanish, with a small fleet of just 6 ships in November 1739. The chart depicts the 6 ships, and contemporary manuscript notes name the ships and captains who fought in the battle, including Commodore Brown, Robert Herbert, Perry Mayne, and T. Trevor. RARE. (See lot 103 for a map of America published by Thomas Bakewell, 1740, including a rare inset of the Battle of Porto Bello). Prichard & Taliaferro 25.
