Description
Finely executed map of the Isthmus of Darien and Bay of Panama, published by James Burney in London.
James Burney (1750-1821) was a rear admiral, who began his career on the last 2 of Cook's voyages of Circumnavigation. The map appeared in his Chronological History of the Voyages and Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean (London, 1803–1817).