"Accurata Designatio Celebris Freti Prope Andalusiae Castellum Gibraltar, Inter in Europam et Africam, cum Circumjacentibus Portubus, et Castellis, Cura et Impensis", Seutter, Matthias

This superb map of the southern coast of Spain focuses on the important fortifications protecting the entrance to the Mediterranean Sea. The map covers the region spanning from the mouth of the Rio Guadalquivir in the west to Motril in the east and includes the Spanish fortress of Ceuta on the Moroccan Peninsula de Almina. Two small inset maps of Minorca and Ceuta and three views featuring Cadiz, the Gibraltar fortress, and the port of Malaga, and a large military-themed title cartouche complete this bold composition.

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Condition: B+

A dark impression on a watermarked sheet with light toning, faint foxing, and a few pairs of short worm tracks around the centerfold that have been professionally infilled. There are light stains along the edges of the sheet, mostly confined to the blank margins, caused by non-archival tape on verso that has since been removed.