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Pub Year | Map Maker | Pub Place | Map Title | Map Price (USD) | Picture | 1580 | Braun & Hogenberg | Cologne | Xerxes de la Frontera | $375 | Picture |
A copper plate engraving with hand colored wash. Size: 8 inches X 22 inches Map Type: City This is a superior copy, with vivid colors and strong engraved lines. This illustration is of the sherry production area at Jerez de la Frontera in Spain. Illustrated are two mounted horsemen with lances and shields and a couple dressed in contemporary costumes. Taken from Civitates Orbis Terrarum, the first complete set of birds eye "town views" assembled into a 6 volume atlas. References: Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers, Volume 1 Page 185, Braun, Georg, Scott, Valerie, Map Collector Publications, Tring, Hertz, England, 1999
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