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Map: Carta Esferica Del Estracho de Gibraltar

1989.11.0038

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Artifact Identification Map: Carta Esferica Del Estracho de Gibraltar   (1989.11.0038)
Classification/
Nomenclature
  1. Communication Artifacts
    2. :
  2. Documentary Artifacts
    3. :
  3. Graphic Documents
Artist/Maker Don Vincente Tofiño de San Miguel: Cartographer (1732-1795) Joachin ( Joaqui`n ) Ballester: Engraver (1741-1795) Josef Assensio: wrote/created ? (1759-c.1820) Spanish Armada Real: Publisher
Geographic Location
Period/Date 1786 CE
Culture Spanish

Physical Analysis

Dimension 1 (Length) 83.5 cm
Dimension 2 (Width) 59.1 cm
Dimension 3 (N/A) N/A
Weight N/A
Measuring Remarks None
Materials Paper--rag, Pigment--ink
Manufacturing Processes Printed
Munsell Color Information Yellowish Gray (2.5y 8.5/2)-background (paper) Moderate Olive Brown (2.5y 4/2)-top print right corner Dark Olive Brown (2.5y 2/2)-printing

Research Remarks

Published Description N/A
Description N/A
Comparanda

Barry Lawrence Ruderman Antique Maps Inc. "Carta Esferica Del Estrecho de Gibraltar...Ano 1786..." by Don Vincente Tofino de San Miguel. Madrid: issued by the Spanish Armada Real, 1786. Institut Cartografic i Geologic de Catalunya. "Carta Esferica del Estrecho de Gibraltar" by Vincente Tofiño, Joaquin Ballester. From Atlas hidrográfico de las costas de España en el océano Atlántico, la costa de Portugal, parte de la de África y las Islas Canarias, Terceras y de Cabo Verde. Madrid: [s.n.] 1789.

Bibliography

Tofino de San Miguel, Vincente. Atlas Maritimo de Espana. Madrid: 1786. Note: Another page gives the title: Atlas hidrográfico de las costas de España. Barbary Pirates: 1. Beeching, Jack. Galleys at Lepanto. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1983. 2. Parkins and Douglas-Morris. Gunfire in Barbary. Published by Kenneth Mason, n.d. 3. Wolf, John B. The Barbary Coast - Algeria Under the Turks. New York and London, W.W. Norton and Company, 1979. 4. Landstrom. The Ship. (no other info listed) 5. Bradford, Ernie. The Sultan's Admiral. The Life of Barbarossia. New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc., 1968

Artifact History

Archaeological Data N/A
Credit Line/Dedication The Seymour and Muriel Yale Collection of Coins of the Ottoman Empire and Other Middle East States
Reproduction no
Reproduction Information N/A

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