Historic Map : Vaugondy Antique Map of Southern Spain (Castile, Andalusia, EIN xtremadura, Murcia, Valencia), 1751, Vintage Wall Art

This is a beautiful 1751 map of southern Spain by Robert de Vaugondy. It extends from Ayamonte north to Segovia and from Guarda in Portugal to Balearic Sea. The important cities of Granada, Madrid, Malaga, Seville, Valencia and Gibraltar. The map renders the entire region in extraordinary detail offering both topographical and political information with forest and mountains beautifully rendered in profile. A beautifully engraved title cartouche in included in the bottom right quadrant. The map was drawn by Robert de Vaugondy in 1751 and published in the 1757 issue of his Atlas Universal. The Atlas Universal was one of the first atlases based upon actual surveys. Therefore, this map is highly accurate (for the period) and has most contemporary town names correct.