Spain (87 Subjects)
Nautical chart of part of the Mediterranean: Gibraltar to Almeria and the adjacent coast of northern Africa.
Nautical chart of part of the Mediterranean: Almeria to Valencia and the adjacent coast of northern Africa.
Nautical chart of the port of Barcelona. Nautical chart of the port of Malta. Nautical chart of the port of Mahȯn (Maó) on Minorca island.
View of the Spanish rock and castle of Peñon Vélez de la Gomera, off the northwestern coast of Morocco.
9. Map of Gibraltar. 10. The constellation of Scorpio. 11. The cap worn by the Doge of Genoa. 12. Drawing of the interior stairway of the Arsenale building, Genoa. 13, 14. Author's study on the light spectre of different types of lanterns. 15,16, 17. Instrument for the distillation of mercury which the author saw in Italy. Instruments of the type were widely used in 17th century alchemist circles.
View of the Castle of Saint George (Castillo San Jorge), built on the remains of the “Castle of Triana” after Ferdinand III of Castile conquered Seville in 1248. On the right, the Golden Tower (Torre del Oro), built under the Almohad dynasty.
The fountain of Hercules and the Lernaean Hydra at the Isle Garden (Jardín de la Isla) of Aranjuez, Spain.
View of the General Archive of the Indies, housed in the former merchant's exchange house of Seville (Casa Lonja de Mercaderes). In the background, Seville Cathedral with the famed bell tower of Giralda. Giralda was formerly a minaret of the now-demolished mosque of the Almohad era, on whose site the Cathedral was built.
View of the General Archive of the Indies, housed in the former merchant's exchange house of Seville (Casa Lonja de Mercaderes). In the background, Seville Cathedral with the famed bell tower of Giralda. Giralda was formerly a minaret of the now-demolished mosque of the Almohad era, on whose site the Cathedral was built.
