New Map Showing the Spanish and Portuguese Explorations with Observations of the Most Ingenious Geographers of Spain and Portugal

Description

This map, showing the southwestern part of the Iberian Peninsula, was published in Amsterdam by François Halma (1653-1722), a Dutch bookseller and publisher who started a business in Utrecht, later moved to Amsterdam, and finally settled in Leeuwarden. In addition to publishing maps, Halma produced one of the earliest Dutch-French dictionaries.

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Publication Information

Amsterdam

Title in Original Language

Nova Portugalliae tabula, juxta recuntiores hispaniae et portugalliae / Nouvelle carte du Portugal dresse hurles d[...]res remarques des plus habiles geographes Dispagne et de Portugal

Type of Item

Maps

Last updated: January 8, 2018