Plano del Puerto y Fuerte de Sn. Luis. : Portulano de la America Setentrional. Construido en la Direccion de trabajos hidrograficos. Dividido en quarto partes. Madrid 1809. Aumentado y corre-gido en 1818.

Nautical chart showing the port of San Luis, Dominican Republic. Features harbor soundings, coastal elevations, vegetation, drainage and names of capes, points, islands and other geographical points of interest. Relief shown with hachures. Oriented with north toward top of sheet. Includes coordinate points, latitudinal and longitudinal lines, a compass rose, bar scale and explanatory note. Section title in top margin: Ia. de Sto. Domingo. Chart is 24 x 18 cm, on sheet 35 x 28 cm. Appears in Parte cuarta.

Portulano de la America Setentrional, second and enlarged edition of chart atlas by Spain's Dirección de Trabajos Hidrográficos, published in Mardrid, 1818. Title translates to: Portulan of North America. Built in the Direction of Hydrographic Works. Divided into quarter parts. Madrid 1809. Increased and corrected in 1818. Oblong folio. Bound in contemporary Spanish mottled goatskin, with gilded spine and marbled end papers. Engraved title page, 4 letterpress indexes and 121 engraved leaves of plates. Collation: [2] pages, 16 leaves of plates, [1] page, 46 leaves of plates, [1] page, 34 leaves of plates, [1] page, 16 leaves of plates, 9 leaves of plates. 121 plates contain a total of 125 nautical charts (plates 5-8 in Parte cuarta each have two charts). First Spanish navigational atlas of the Gulf of Mexico, the Antilles, parts of the United States and the Caribbean. Overall, atlas covers ports in the American colonies, including in Central America. Includes nautical charts of the waters along the shores of Florida, Texas, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.First published by the Spanish Admiralty in Madrid in 1809, with fewer maps. Streeter cites the maps of Texas as the first separately engraved maps of Galverston Bay and St. Bernardo Bay (Bahia de Galvez Town and Bahia de S. Bernardo [Matagorda]) (1043B and 1044B). The publication of the Portulano was a significant event in the history of Spanish mapmaking. The Direccion de Hidrografia was established in 1797 as a single governmental entity in charge of coordinating hydrographical works and cartographic production, lasting until the 20th century. Spain - forever weary of enemy states attaining their navigational charts and cartographic discoveries - was protective over maps of their colonies. This Portulano is one of the first publications of its kind by the Spanish government. Prior to this, navigational maps from the Malaspina expedition had been issued, after Galiano y Valdes, Churruca and Langara, amongst others. This was the first time a significant corpus of Spanish maps was issued on the North American colonies. It was prepared under the supervision of Ferrer y Cafranga. Philips, Atlases, 1224; Streeter, Texas, 1043; Palau 233679; Sabin 64441.