Matthäus Merian
Lisbon, 1646
11 x 14 in
28 x 36 cm
28 x 36 cm
SP2249
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Handsome panoramic map of Lisbon Portugal before the great earthquake of 1755. This is Lisbon in its pomp showing a large metropolis and multiple ships of all types in the...
Handsome panoramic map of Lisbon Portugal before the great earthquake of 1755. This is Lisbon in its pomp showing a large metropolis and multiple ships of all types in the foreground.
The source of this map is Braun and Hogenberg's second plan of Lisbon published c.1596. Merian has reduced it to comply with the size of his own work, the Archontologia Cosmica. The original source is a large manuscript plan present in the Austrian National Library.
Coloured. [SP2249]
The source of this map is Braun and Hogenberg's second plan of Lisbon published c.1596. Merian has reduced it to comply with the size of his own work, the Archontologia Cosmica. The original source is a large manuscript plan present in the Austrian National Library.
Coloured. [SP2249]
