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Chapter titled, "Description des royaumes de portugal et d'algarbe" taken from Blaeu's Theatre du Monde. On hand-colored, copperplate-engraved map (Plate L 12), relief shown pictorially with North oriented toward the right. Text on verso in French.

Sea monsters, ships, royal crests, and elaborate cartouches decorate the map.


cartography
1644-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Secco, Fernando Alvaro; Blaeu, Willem; Guiljelmum et Joannem Blaeuw; Blaeu Joan
ink; color; paper
19 3/4 in x 23 in
Netherlands: Amsterdam