1700 Carte Particuliere de Isthmus ou Darien qui Comprend le Golfe de Panama &c. Cartagena, et les Isles aux Environs

By: Pierre Mortier Date: 1700 (published) Amsterdam Dimensions: 24 x 34 inches (61 x 86.5 cm) This is an authentic antique map of Panama focusing on the failed Scottish colony of New Edinburg by Pierre Mortier. The map was published out of Amsterdam circa 1700. This large scale map centered on Panama and the Gulf of Darien also includes portions of Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and present day Columbia. Lovely old coloring distinguishes borders between various regions and geographical features such as mountains and important settlements. An inset in the lower right shows the thriving Spanish colony of Cartagena and its environs. A second, larger inset shows the Isthmus of Darien and the Scottish colony of New Edinburg. The Story of the Failed Scottish Colony of New Edinburg In the late 1700s Scotland was in a rather financially weak position. Their main export of shipbuilding was declining and their need for supplies and other imports from their much more powerful neighbor England was growing