Historic Map : Meyer Map of Spain and Portugal, 1849, Vintage Wall Art

This is a beautiful 1849 map of Spain and Portugal by Joseph Meyer. It covers all of Spain and Portugal from the Pyrenees to the Strait of Gibraltar and includes the Balearic Islands of Ibiza, Majorca, and Minorca. An inset plan of Madrid is included in the lower right quadrant of the map. This highly detailed map notes several rivers, towns, cities and other topography, with elevation rendered by hachure.

As this map was printed liberal sentiments within Spain were gaining popularity. This eventually led to the Progressive Biennium, in which the Progressive Party tried to replace the conservative liberalism of the Moderate Party with more radical liberalism.

This map was issued as plate no. 24 in Meyer's Zeitung Atlas. Although all the maps in this atlas are not individually dated, the title page and maps were often updated while the imprint with the date was not, causing confusion to the exact date for some of the maps. Moreover some maps in the atlas were taped in at a later date as an update to the atlas. We have dated the maps in this collection to the best of our ability.