Map of Cartagena, Colombia

The map shows the Spanish colony of Cartagena in Colombia, an important entrepot for enslaved people brought to Spanish America. Around the city itself, we see various forts guarding the waterways. Like many of the other maps of the Spanish possessions in the Americas in this collection, the map seems to be based on one with a military purpose.

Legend A through P.

Another copy is: Österreichische Nationalbibliothek Van der Hem 44:27

Part of the Carte di Castello, collected by Cosimo de Medici III in 1667 and 1669 during his tours through Europe. Cosimo III bought the 66 watercolours by Vingboons in December 1667 in Amsterdam, through mediation of Pieter Blaeu.

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