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Map The Portuguese Douro and the adjacent country : and so much of the river as can be made navigable in Spain = O Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente : com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha / por Josh James Forrester

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Title

  • The Portuguese Douro and the adjacent country : and so much of the river as can be made navigable in Spain = O Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente : com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha

Other Title

  • Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha / por Josh James Forrester

Names

  • Forrester, Joseph James, 1809-1861, cartographer.
  • Hughes, William, 1818-1876, engraver.

Created / Published

  • London : W. Hughes sculp., [1852]

Headings

  • -  Duero River (Spain and Portugal)--Maps
  • -  Spain--Duero River
  • -  Portugal--Duero River

Genre

  • Maps

Notes

  • -  Relief shown by hachures.
  • -  In English and Portuguese.
  • -  Author's name signed in statement of responsibility.
  • -  Manuscript author's name and the following not added in ink below English title: This map, and the surveys of the Wine-Districts of the Alto-Douro, by the author, were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed in illustration of Mr. Forrester's evidence before a Select Committee on Import Dutirs on Wines, held in April and May 1852.
  • -  Inset maps: Geological View of the Wine District of Alto-Douro -- O rio = The river.
  • -  At top of the map: New Royal Edition, 1852.
  • -  In bottom margin: London printed solely for the author.
  • -  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • -  Includes text, distance tables, references, 2 illustrations of boats with descriptive information, illustrations of medals along lower border, 2 insets and 8 vignettes.
  • -  Vignettes: Ponte pensil do Porto = Suspension bridge, Oporto -- Porto Antigo-e Rio Bestança -- Regôa -- O Rio Douro huma legoa acima do Salto da Sardinha = The River Douro one league above the Salto da Sardinha -- As Pedras das Anchoras -- Ponto do Cachão da Baleira -- Ponto do Salto da Sardinha -- O Rio Douro divindo Portugal do Espanha junta a foz do Agueda = The River Douro dividing Portugal from Spain as seen from the mouth of the Agueda.
  • -  LC copy signed on verso: Portugal River Douro. Millard Fillmore. Sectioned into 60 and mounted on cloth, folding to 23 x 15 cm.

Medium

  • 1 map : hand colored ; 67 x 291 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G6692.D6 1852 .F6

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2018588041

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Forrester, Joseph James, Cartographer, and William Hughes. The Portuguese Douro and the adjacent country: and so much of the river as can be made navigable in Spain = O Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente: com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha. [London: W. Hughes sculp, 1852] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588041/.

APA citation style:

Forrester, J. J. & Hughes, W. (1852) The Portuguese Douro and the adjacent country: and so much of the river as can be made navigable in Spain = O Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente: com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha. [London: W. Hughes sculp] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2018588041/.

MLA citation style:

Forrester, Joseph James, Cartographer, and William Hughes. The Portuguese Douro and the adjacent country: and so much of the river as can be made navigable in Spain = O Douro Portuguez e paiz adjacente: com tanto do rio quanto se pode tornar navegavel em Espanha. [London: W. Hughes sculp, 1852] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2018588041/>.