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1786

Costa de Espana

Costa de Espana

DESCRIPTION: Set of antique profile coastal views of Spain's Costa del Sol and other coastal areas in the Mediterranean published as part of the first scientific sea atlas of Spain: 'Atlas Maritimo de España' (Maritime Atlas of Spain) by the Dirección de Hidrografía, Spain's equivalent to the U.S. Coast Survey in 1787. Included in this large dated sheet of land profiles from Tofino de San Miguel's atlas of antique nautical charts: Estepona; Punta de Velez, Malaga; Sierra d Marbella; Cabo de Gato; Cabo de Palos; Torre de Almazarron; Islands of Columbretes, Bedra and Benidorm; and many more coastal features. Sheet 1.

The interested reader can find most of these profile locations described in an English-language translation of Tofino de San Miguel's sailing directions "Espana Maritima". This translation of San Miguel's work published in 1812 by Faden can be found online at: "http://books.google.com/books".

CREATOR: Anonymous

PUBLICATION DATE: 1786

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: Spain

BODY OF WATER: 

CONDITION: Good  Good. Scattered light staining with small circular stain to left bottom of sheet.

COLORING: None

ENGRAVER: Joseph Vazquez

SIZE: 34 " x 22 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 0

PRICE: $340

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