Cartographer:
HOMANN Heirs
Title:
Oran
Stock Code:
2254
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Original colour
Size: (W x H):
53cm x 46cm
21 inches x 18 inches
Date:
1732
Price:
£250
Oran is in present day Algeria. The upper half is a map of the Oran, the lower half is a ‘View of the Coast of Oran’. Text at the top in Latin and German, with a legend at the bottom. Seutter issued a very similar plan of Oran, as shown in Potter’s Collecting Antique maps, p69
Very good condition, good margins, some darkening along centrefold