The Portuguese Douro and the adjacent country : and so much of the river as can be made navigable in Spain = Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha

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The Portuguese Douro and the adjacent country

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Title:
The Portuguese Douro and the adjacent country : and so much of the river as can be made navigable in Spain = Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha
Cartographer:
Forrester, Joseph James, 1809-1861
Engraver:
Hughes, W.
Publisher:
Weale, James
Name on Item:
by Josh. James Forrester ; Josh. James Forrester fecit ; W. Hughes sculp.
Date:
1852
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Duero River (Spain and Portugal)--Maps
Places:
Douro, Rio (river)
Extent:
1 map : color ; 60 x 280 cm
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : [James Weale]
Scale:
Scale approximately 1:50,000
Language:
English
Portuguese
Notes:
Relief shown by hachures.
Author's name signed in statement of responsibility.
Includes text, distance tables, references, 2 illustrations of boats with descriptive information, illustrations of medals along lower border, 2 insets and 8 vignettes.
Insets: Geological view of the wine district of the Alto-Douro -- O rio = The river.
Vignettes: Ponte pensil do Porto = Suspension bridge, Oporto -- Porto Antigo-e Rio Bestança -- Regôa -- O Rio Douro huma legoa acima do Salto da Sardinha = The River Douro one league above the Salto da Sardinha -- As Pedras das Anchoras -- Ponto do Cachão da Baleira -- Ponto do Salto da Sardinha -- O Rio Douro divindo Portugal do Espanha junta a foz do Agueda = The River Douro dividing Portugal from Spain as seen from the mouth of the Agueda.
Manuscript in ink below English title: This map, and the surveys of the Alto-Douro, by the author, were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed in illustration of Mr. Forrester's evidence before a Select Committee on Import Duties on Wines, held in April and May, 1852."
Manuscript in ink below scale bars: The Hon. Abbott Lawrence with the author's respects.
Boston Public Library copy imperfect: damage to right side of map.
Identifier:
06_01_015147
Call #:
G6692.D6 1848 .F67 1852
Barcode:
39999085931978