A scarce, large-format nautical chart, published in Madrid in 1837, engraved and produced by the Spanish Hydrographic Office (Dirección de Hidrografía de España). It highlights the navigational challenges of the Old Bahama Channel (Canal Viejo de Bahama), the strategic waterway between the Bahamas and Cuba used by most ships traveling from the Gulf of Mexico to Europe. A Royal Navy vessel, the 44-gun...
