COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Tomas (1730-1802)
Date:
1784
Short Title:
8. Mapa geografico de una parte de la provincia de Burgos
Publisher:
(Tomas Lopez) Calle de Atocha frente a la plazuela del Angel no. 1
Publisher Location:
Madrid
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
43
Obj Width cm:
41
Scale 1:
170,000
Note:
1 map on 4 sheets, 6-9. Engraved outline hand colored map of Burgos Province, with title carthouche. Shows administrative divisions, major cities, towns, villages, landmarks, public buildings, roads, rivers, canals, forests and mountains. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian is Tenerife. Includes legend, notes and alphanumeric key to convents and monasteries in province.
Country:
Spain
Full Title:
Mapa Geografico De Una Parte De La Provincia De Burgos : Que Comprehende Los Partidos De Burgos, Bureva, Castroxeriz, Candemuno, Villadiego, Juarros, Aranda, los Valles de Sedano, Valdelaguna, Bezana, Jurisdiccion de Lara, la Hoz de Bricia y la de Arreba ... Por Don Thomas Lopez, Geografo y Pensionista de S.M. ... 1784. Se hallara este con todas las obras del Autor en Madrid, en la calle de Atocha casa nueva de Santo Tomas no. 159 no. 3. (to accompany) Atlas geografico de Espana ... por Don Tomas Lopez ... Tomo Primero. Ano 1810.
List No:
11510.019
Page No:
8
Series No:
19
Publication Author:
Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Tomas (1730-1802)
Pub Date:
1810
Pub Title:
Atlas geografico de Espana : que comprende el mapa general de la peninsula, todos los particulares de nuestras provincias, y el del reyno de Portugal. por Don Tomas Lopez, geógrafo que fue de los dominios de S.M. e individuo de varias academias y sociedades. Tomo Primero. Ano 1810. Se hallara en Madrid, Calle de Atocha frente a la plazuela del Angel no. 1, y a la casa de los Gremios no. 3.
Pub Note:
Second edition of the geographic atlas of Spain, published in 1810, with half title page, 4 pages of index, contents and text. Comprising 38 maps on 98 sheets, Madrid (sheet 99) added later by owner, along with three other maps later removed. Some maps on multiple sheets. Maps dated 1765 - 1802. Contains the general map of the peninsula, all the provinces, and the kingdom of Portugal By Don Tomas Lopez. Maps are engraved outline hand colored, with decorative title cartouche, text and tables, showing administrative divisions, major cities, towns, villages, landmarks, public buildings, roads, rivers, canals and mountains. Bound in half leather marbled paper covers with title " Atlas geografico de Espana I” on spine in gilt. Relief shown pictorially. Don Tomas Lopez (1730-1802) a Spanish cartographer, began his studies at the Imperial College of the Spanish capital. In 1752 he went to continue his training in Paris to learn cartography with the great French mapmaker Jean Baptiste Bourguignon d'Anville (1697-1782). In Paris he was accompanied by, among others, Juan de la Cruz Cano y Olmedilla, Manuel Salvador Carmona and Alonso Cruzado. In 1804, Lopez published his “Atlas Geographic of Spain”, the first atlas of Spain that produced by a Spaniard. The children of Lopez reposted this work in a new edition in 1810 and again in 1830.
Pub List No:
11510.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
38
Pub Height cm:
45
Pub Width cm:
59
Image No:
11510019.jp2
Authors:
Lopez de Vargas Machuca, Tomas (1730-1802)
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