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Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran

SKU: 3547
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Title:
Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran

Date of publication:

  • 1732
  • Printed Measurement:

  • 49.5 x 57 cm
  • Colour:

  • original
  • Topographia Repraesentio Barbarici Portus et Urbis Munitae Oran …

    Oran, an important trading port and now Algeria’s second city, was governed by the Spanish between 1509 and 1708; our map was engraved on the occasion of its recapture from the Ottomans. It was sold to the Turks in 1792. Read more

    Condition & Materials

    Copper engraving, 49.5 x 57 cms, original hand colour to both town plan and prospect, blank verso. Read less