it covers the Iberian Peninsula, the Balearic Islands and the coasts of North Africa. The profile of the mountain systems, the most important rivers and the cities as a grouping of buildings are depicted. The toponymy appears in Latin and Spanish. Dated during the reign of Philip II (1556-1598)
Collection: Texts
Project: 0. What is Europe? The European Spaces in the history of Europe.
Chronology: XVI
Scope: Secondary Education, Baccalaureate, University
Resource type: Cartography
Format: Black and white map: 38 x 50 cm, on a page of 41 x 51,5 cm. Scale 1: 3.268.000
Source: Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), Fondos Cartográficos (Signatura IGNC 13-D-49)
Language: Latin
Date: 10/20/2020
Owner: Rubén Castro Redondo (Modernalia)
Identifier: 13-D-49
Copyright: © Instituto Geográfico Nacional
Abstract: Map of the Iberian Peninsula, made by Abraham Ortellius and first published in 1570 (Netherlands). This edition was edited by Aegidius Coppenius Diesth and published in Antwerp in 1584
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