Parte Settentrionale del Regno di Portogallo (portugal)

DOMENICO DE ROSSI (1659-1730)

Map of the geographical limits of Portugal on its northern border, with the provinces of Galicia and León. At the top right, an explanatory legend of the map in Italian, accompanied by the coat of arms of Lusitania and a representation of sea mermaids in the Atlantic Ocean.

The print, together with another, showed the appearance of the kingdom of Portugal based on the geographical descriptions given by Giacomo Cantelli and immortalized in engraving by Domenico de Rossi in his print shop in Rome in 1692.

Italy, 1692.

Etching and burin on laid paper.

Good state of preservation, slight wood-eating holes in the lower right and residual moisture stains.

Cut close to the print.