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Source Description
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
0r96fp03g
label
A view of the castle of Belem and the city of Lisbon as it appears from thence ; A map of the mouth of the famous river Tagus or the harbour of the city of Lisbon
core
obj
dtoType
map
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
0r96fp03g
contentType
map
stage
normalized
title
A view of the castle of Belem and the city of Lisbon as it appears from thence ; A map of the mouth of the famous river Tagus or the harbour of the city of Lisbon
description
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
date
["[ca. 1727–1736]"]
year
1727
rights
No known copyright restrictions.
rightsUri
No known restrictions on use.
reuseAllowed
no restrictions
language
English
identifierLocal
06_01_016048
creators
Burgis, William, active 1722-1736
institution
Boston Public Library
collections
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
subjects
Harbors--Portugal--Lisbon--Maps--Early works to 1800
Nautical charts--Portugal--Tagus River Estuary
Lisbon (Portugal)--Aerial views--Early works to 1800
Tagus River Estuary (Portugal)--Maps--Early works to 1800
subjectsGeographic
Europe
Lisbon
Portugal
Tagus
genreBasic
Maps
typeOfResource
Cartographic
country
Portugal
city
Lisbon
thumbnailUrl
largeImageUrl
pageCount
1
source
import
pubPlace
[London]
publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Source extras
institutionArkId
sf268508b
collectionArkId
41688024w
schema:latitude
38.716667
schema:longitude
-9.133333
extent
1 view and 1 map on 1 sheet ; 18 x 50 cm and 22 x 50 cm, on sheet 45 x 56 cm
notes
Relief shown by hachures. Depths shown by soundings.
Bird's-eye view of Lisbon from the west, with illustrations of ships in the harbor.
Map oriented with north to the upper left.
Decorative title and dedication cartouches.
A later version: Additional ships and buildings on left side of view, and various reengraving. Additional soundings along bottom of map, cities on coast opposite of Lisbon compressed, and various reengraving.
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no
dcId
0r96fp03g
type
map
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
b5aaac971c83e1f6