COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Spain. Dirección de Trabajos Hidrográficos
Author:
Ferrer y Cafranga, Joaquín María de, 1777-1861
Date:
1818
Short Title:
Contents: Parte segunda ...
Publisher:
Direccion de trabajos hidrograficos
Publisher Location:
Madrid
Type:
Contents
Obj Height cm:
26
Obj Width cm:
35
Note:
Table of contents to the second part of Portulano de la America Setentrional. Title translates to: Second part : Ports of the coasts of the Province of Tierra Firme [Mainland Province], Florida and the Gulf of Mexico. Lists 46 maps, with associated plate numbers.
Full Title:
(Contents to) Parte segunda : Puertos de las costas de Tierra Firme, Florida y Seno Mejicano.
List No:
14322.020
Series No:
20
Publication Author:
Spain. Dirección de Trabajos Hidrográficos
Publication Author:
Ferrer y Cafranga, Joaquín María de, 1777-1861
Pub Date:
1818
Pub Title:
Portulano de la America Setentrional. Construido en la Direccion de trabajos hidrograficos. Dividido en quarto partes. Madrid 1809. Aumentado y corre-gido en 1818.
Pub Note:
Portulano de la America Setentrional, second and enlarged edition of chart atlas by Spain's Dirección de Trabajos Hidrográficos, published in Mardrid, 1818. Title translates to: Portulan of North America. Built in the Direction of Hydrographic Works. Divided into quarter parts. Madrid 1809. Increased and corrected in 1818. Oblong folio. Bound in contemporary Spanish mottled goatskin, with gilded spine and marbled end papers. Engraved title page, 4 letterpress indexes and 121 engraved leaves of plates. Collation: [2] pages, 16 leaves of plates, [1] page, 46 leaves of plates, [1] page, 34 leaves of plates, [1] page, 16 leaves of plates, 9 leaves of plates. 121 plates contain a total of 125 nautical charts (plates 5-8 in Parte cuarta each have two charts). First Spanish navigational atlas of the Gulf of Mexico, the Antilles, parts of the United States and the Caribbean. Overall, atlas covers ports in the American colonies, including in Central America. Includes nautical charts of the waters along the shores of Florida, Texas, the Virgin Islands, Cuba, the Bahamas, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.First published by the Spanish Admiralty in Madrid in 1809, with fewer maps. Streeter cites the maps of Texas as the first separately engraved maps of Galverston Bay and St. Bernardo Bay (Bahia de Galvez Town and Bahia de S. Bernardo [Matagorda]) (1043B and 1044B). The publication of the Portulano was a significant event in the history of Spanish mapmaking. The Direccion de Hidrografia was established in 1797 as a single governmental entity in charge of coordinating hydrographical works and cartographic production, lasting until the 20th century. Spain - forever weary of enemy states attaining their navigational charts and cartographic discoveries - was protective over maps of their colonies. This Portulano is one of the first publications of its kind by the Spanish government. Prior to this, navigational maps from the Malaspina expedition had been issued, after Galiano y Valdes, Churruca and Langara, amongst others. This was the first time a significant corpus of Spanish maps was issued on the North American colonies. It was prepared under the supervision of Ferrer y Cafranga. Philips, Atlases, 1224; Streeter, Texas, 1043; Palau 233679; Sabin 64441.
Pub List No:
14322.000
Pub Type:
Chart Atlas
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
125
Pub Height cm:
29
Pub Width cm:
37
Image No:
14322020.jp2
Authors:
Spain. Dirección de Trabajos Hidrográficos; Ferrer y Cafranga, Joaquín María de, 1777-1861
