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Portugal: Douro River: map. 'The Portuguese Douro and the Adjacent Country; and so...

Catalogue reference: FO 925/3907

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FO 925/3907
Date
1848-1852
Description

Portugal: Douro River: map. 'The Portuguese Douro and the Adjacent Country; and so much of the River as can be made Navigable in Spain': show crops, farms, ferries and bridges, boundaries. Insets: reduced map of the Douro, geological map of Alto Douro wine district; river views. Also in Portuguese. Reference tables; Portuguese glossary; table of distances; acknowledgements. Scale: 11 cm to 1 Portuguese league. Compass indicator. Medals and medallions in lower border. Dedicated to the Earl of Malmesbury. Drawn and signed by Joseph James Forrester. Engraved by W Hughes, London. Notes dated Oporto, 1848; 'New Royal Edition 1852'.

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The National Archives, Kew
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English and Portuguese
Dimensions
142 cm x 64 cm
Physical condition
Engraved, coloured
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Administrative / biographical background
Publication note(s)
Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 3840.
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3820266/

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