Vernon Captures Portobello in Spanish Panama Mapmaker(s)_Joshua Ottens Prospectus majoris viae

Prospectus majoris viae

Light spotting

Eclipsed by some of his great contemporaries

was the last major project of architect John Rennie

Vernon Captures Portobello in Spanish Panama Mapmaker(s)_Joshua Ottens Prospectus majoris viaePortus 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