16636 Praia, Santiago, Cape Verde, John Luffman, 1804

PORTO PRAYA. A small chart engraved for Luffman's Select Plans. Panel advising the reader that Porto Praya is an excellent and spacious harbour of St. Jago the chief of the Cape Verde Islands. 6.25 x 4.5 inches, 155 x 115 mm. Early outline and wash colouring. Fine condition. From Plans of the Principal Cities, Harbours and Forts in the World. The British attempted to colonise the Cape Verde Islands in 1792 and gave up in 1793.