Item #206848 Spain and Portugal. Mathew CAREY.

Spain and Portugal.

Philadelphia: CAREY, Matthew, 1814.

Map. Engraving with original hand coloring. Image measures 13.25" x 16.5".

Very nice map of the Iberian Peninsula including Ibiza, Majorca and Minorca as well as the tip of Africa. Minor aging in margins, crease to upper left corner.

Mathew Carey (1760-1839) was an Irish-born American publisher, bookseller, and economist, as well as one the most important figures of early American cartography. Carey was based in Philadelphia, where he apprenticed for Benjamin Franklin before establishing his own book shop and publishing firm. He is credited with publishing the first American atlases, producing some of the best quality maps and most informative depictions of the United States in the early period after it gained independence.

Binding: Unbound
Condition: Very Good
Language: English

Price: $125.00

Item #206848

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