Regnorvm Hispaniae et Portvgalliae tabula generalis de l'Isliana and Reyno de Espanna dividido en dos grandes estados de Aragón y de Castilla, subdividido en muchas provincias donde se halla también el Reyno de Portugal
Description:
BEIN 1973 Folio 30: Imperfect: torn along fold, with no loss of text. Sheet measures 53.9 x 62 cm. No. 5 of 32 maps bound together.
Reyno de Espanna dividido en dos grandes estados de Aragón y de Castilla, subdividido en muchas provincias donde se halla también el Reyno de Portvgal
Description:
BEIN 1975 Folio 31: Imperfect: torn along fold and frayed along edges, with no loss of text. Sheet measures 53.2 x 60.7 cm. No. 4 of 42 maps bound together.
By some bibliographers the author is wrongly supposed to be Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, commander of the expedition; Medina and Leclerc ascribe the historical introduction to Alcalá Galiano, commander of the Sutil, and Cayetano Valdés, commander of th...
Publisher:
Imprenta real
Subject (Geographic):
Juan de Fuca, Strait of (B.C. and Wash.), Northwest Passage., Northwest Coast of North America., British Columbia, Vancouver Island (B.C.), and Spain
Subject (Name):
Sutil (Ship) and Mexicana (Ship)
Subject (Topic):
Description and travel, Nootka Indians, Nootka language, and Exploring expeditions
A satire ridiculing the first Nootka Convention in which Spain conceded England's right to maintain outposts in Nootka Sound and engage in whaling outside a "ten-league line" off the Northwest coast of North America. In a small row boat on the Pacific...
Alternative Title:
Cheap way to catch whales
Description:
Title etched above image.
Publisher:
Pub. Jany. 4, 1791, by H. Humphries, N. 18 Old Bond St.
Subject (Geographic):
Spain, Great Britain., Great Britain, Spain., and North Pacific Ocean.
Subject (Name):
Pitt, William, 1759-1806, Dundas, Henry, 1742-1811, and Great Britain.
Subject (Topic):
Foreign relations, Politics and government, Whaling, Fishing, Galleys (Ships), Maps, Ships, and Whales
Coates, Thomas, approximately 1802-1883, collector
Published / Created:
[1834-1836]
Call Number:
Quarto 724 834C
Image Count:
111
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
An album compiled by Thomas Coates, solicitor and sometime secretary to the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, containing 340 proofs of wood engravings mounted on 68 leaves, with section titles and descriptions: Illustrations of the Hindoo...
Description:
Title from dealer's description.
Subject (Geographic):
Canada., Canada, Egypt, India, Portugal, and Spain
Brevísima relación de la destrucción de las Indias. English
Description:
BEIN C72 67b: The plates (bound to face p. 6, 9, 17, 52) are duplicates of the four compartments of the frontispiece. Imperfect: frontispiece mutilated. Brook's catalogue ([6] p., signature [?]4) inserted after p. 134.
Publisher:
Printed by J.C. for Nath. Brook, at the Angel in Cornhil
Printed by J. Darby for D. Brown at the Black Swan and Bible without Temple-Bar, J. Harris at the Harrow in Little Britain, and Andr. Bell at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhil