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Map The Fortified City of Oran with its Port on the Barbary Coast. Oran munita urbs et comodus porta in ora maritimae Barbariae et proprie in regno Telensin, quam Hispani iam Ao 1509 tenuerunt et postquam Ao 1708 a Mauris occupata fuit, Hispani Ao 1732 sibi eam denuo vindicarunt

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Title

  • The Fortified City of Oran with its Port on the Barbary Coast.

Other Title

  • Oran munita urbs et comodus porta in ora maritimae Barbariae et proprie in regno Telensin, quam Hispani iam Ao 1509 tenuerunt et postquam Ao 1708 a Mauris occupata fuit, Hispani Ao 1732 sibi eam denuo vindicarunt

Summary

  • This two-part map and view of the town of Oran, in the northwest of present-day Algeria, was created in 1750 by Matthaeus Seutter (1678-1756). Seutter was apprenticed to the Nuremberg mapmaker Johan Baptist Homann (1663-1724) at the end of the 17th century. He returned to his home in Augsburg, where in 1707 he established his own publishing company and produced globes, maps and atlases. In 1715 he became geographer to Charles VI, the Holy Roman Emperor. The splendid allegorical cartouche of the map, showing Zeus in a chariot attended by courtiers, natives, and cherubs, gives Seutter's imperial title. Seutter and the rival firm of his former teacher Homann both were exemplars of the high south German baroque, with its emphasis on decorative embellishment. Oran was established in the tenth century by Moorish Andalusian merchants. In 1509 Cardinal Cisneros commanded a Castilian expedition that captured the city for Spain. It was conquered by the Turks in 1708, but in 1732 was reconquered by the Spanish, who sought to put an end to the marauding by the Barbary pirates based in the city. The upper part of the work is a bird's-eye view of Oran, with north oriented to the lower left, showing the market, fortifications, churches, the French consul's house, the place where the Spanish landed, cliffs, the harbor, and other sites. The lower half is a panorama of the coast with a fleet of colorful ships in the foreground. The legend at top left has a key that refers to significant places on both parts of the map. The scale is given in French miles.

Names

  • Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756 Creator.

Created / Published

  • Augsburg, Germany : Matthaeus Seutter, 1750.

Headings

  • -  Algeria--Oran--Oran
  • -  1750
  • -  Cities and towns
  • -  Coast defenses
  • -  Coastlines
  • -  Forts and fortifications
  • -  Ships

Notes

  • -  Title devised, in English, by Library staff.
  • -  Original resource extent: 1 map : color ; 35 x 49 centimeters.
  • -  Original resource at: Qatar National Library.
  • -  Content in German and Latin.
  • -  Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions.

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  • 1 online resource.

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Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021668694

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Chicago citation style:

Seutter, Matthaeus, Creator. The Fortified City of Oran with its Port on the Barbary Coast. Augsburg, Germany: Matthaeus Seutter, 1750. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668694/.

APA citation style:

Seutter, M. (1750) The Fortified City of Oran with its Port on the Barbary Coast. Augsburg, Germany: Matthaeus Seutter. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021668694/.

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Seutter, Matthaeus, Creator. The Fortified City of Oran with its Port on the Barbary Coast. Augsburg, Germany: Matthaeus Seutter, 1750. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021668694/>.