Maria Nunez in Cacao ca. 1796 Map, Macao by Staunton

[PetesPockets55]

Local auction house had this up for sale yesterday and thought of some out here finding it useful. Map may already be well known to others but couldn't resist posting some images. Glare on the frame made most images blurry or hard to read.

"Original Copperplate Map of Macao by Staunton 1796 (purchased in Hong Kong 1966?)" Reads a label on the back.
My phone got some ok images and did manage to get "Maria Nunez" at one of the mouths of the Typa Harbor to Macao, south central area of the map.

 

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[Alexandre]

https://www.loc.gov/collections/gen...-cartographic-images/selected-maps-and-views/

 

[PetesPockets55]

Thanks Alexandre. I thought you might have a link for a better/clearer version.

 

[Bum Luck]

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g7823m.ct000568/

 

[PetesPockets55]

Thanks BL.
The area where the Maria Nunez was located on the map was one of only a couple that were in focus. I didn't see it until after I got home and was prepping them for the thread. I only saw one other possibility for a ship on the map at the links provided above.
All I could do was point and click because I wasn't able to see what I was taking a picture of at the time.

 

[Alexandre]

That's the name of a reef, not a shipwreck site.

Thanks BL.
The area where the Maria Nunez was located on the map was one of only a couple that were in focus. I didn't see it until after I got home and was prepping them for the thread. I only saw one other possibility for a ship on the map at the links provided above.
All I could do was point and click because I wasn't able to see what I was taking a picture of at the time.

 

[PetesPockets55]

Thanks Alexandre.
Just curious if it is still called that today?
Could the reef have been named for a ship that went down or an early explorer?