Engraved Large Map of The Kingdom of Portugal Original Handcolored, 1854

€ 1 100

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Date: 1854
Technique: Engraved
Sheet size: 78.5 × 58 cm (30.9 × 22.8 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: PCT-56395

Condition

Given age. Original middle fold as issued. Contemporary hand coloring. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.

About this sheet

Antique map titled 'Mappa Corografica do Reino de Portugal - Chorographical map of the Kingdom of Portugal divided into its Grand Provinces.'

Large map of the Kingdom of Portugal. From James Wyld's 'A New General Atlas of Modern Geography.', published by James Wyld. Geographer to Her Majesty Charing Cross East. 1854.

Artists and Engravers: Cartographer: James Wyld. James Wyld (1812-1887) was a British publisher and cartographer. His greatest geographical achievement was Wyld's Great Globe, exhibited in Leicester Square between 1851 and 1862. The globe, sixty feet high and lighted with gas, was at that point the largest ever constructed. He was geographer to Queen Victoria and H.R.H. Prince Albert.