Manoel Pimentel; c1680 - c1750.

Very little is known about Pimentel.
The son of Luis Serrao Pimentel, he succeeded to his famous mathematician/scientist father as "Cosmografo-mor" to the king of Portugal.
He also expanded and furthered his father "Practica da arte de navegar" of 1681.
Most maps and plans seem to have derived from an earlier composition: "Regimento de Pilotos e Roteiro da navegacam, e conquitas do Brasil, Angola, S. Thome, Cabo Verde, Maranhao, Ilhas, & Indias Occidentals." by Antonio de Mariz Carneiro in 1642. Which itself formed the basis for the 1675 Arent Roggeveen's "Het eerste deel van het brandende veen" and the 1690 Nicolas de Fer's "Les forces de l'Europe".
Manoel first publication of his "Arte de navegar e roteiro das viagens" dates from 1699, with seemingly only three re-editions in 1712, 1746 and 1762.

Havana.
P.Bello.

These two maps on one page were seemingly engraved for the 1699 edition of "Arte de navegar e roteiro das viagens".
The present item is not dated, but overall aspect and paper quality lead to believe it was printed for the 1762 edition.
No text on verso.

Havana. This small map (5 11/16" X 5 9/16") is amazingly behind its time, with a childish description/plan of the town of La Havana (Cuba) itself, the rivers layout as first proposed by Mercator in 1606, and the bay delineation as it was commonly accepted between 1675 and 1728.
The major fortifications are clearly indicated: at the entrance of the harbor the Morro fort and the Puntal fort; and next to the town itself the Fuerza Real castle (here shown as the Fortaleza velha).

P. Bello. This small map (5 5/8" X 4") shows the bay of Porto Bello (Panama), and the town itself is properly located. However, at the entrance of the harbor the importance of the two forts is interchanged, the northern (Castillo de hierro, here shown as forte de mar) was probably much stronger that the southern Castillo Gloria.
On the right side of the map another town is shown, one has to guess it represents Nombre de Dios, re-established at this location in 1519, destroyed by Drake in 1595 and abandoned by the Spaniards at that time to the profit of Porto Bello.