Atlantic Islands. Canaries Madeira Azores Canaries. Tenerife. THOMSON 1817 map
Atlantic Islands. Cape Verde Ids. Canary Ids. Madeira Ids. Azore Ids. Road of Fayal with Porto Pin in the island of Fayal. Puerto de Naos and Puerto Cavillo in the isle of Lancarota. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Drawn & engraved by Thomas Clerk for John Thomson's "New General Atlas". Provenance: "A new general atlas", consisting of a series of geographical designs, on various projections, exhibiting the form and component parts of the globe; and a collection of maps and charts, delineating the natural and political divisions of the Empires, Kingdoms, and States in the World", Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company, for John Thomson and Company, Edinburgh; Baldwin, Cradock, and Joy, London; and John Cumming, Dublin [Thomson's New General Atlas]. Type: Antique early 19th century atlas map with original hand colouring. A large, decorative chart of Macaronesia, consisting of the island groups of the Cape Verde Islands, the Canary Islands, the Azores & Madeira. There is a fine vignette view in the centre of the "Peak of Teneriffe" (Pico del Teide) from the sea, with a number of three-masted sailing ships. Inset bottom right is a chart of "Puerto de Naos and Puerto Cavillo in the isle of Lancarota" (now Arrecife, Lanzarote), and bottom left, a chart of the "Road of Fayal" (Horta, Ilha do Faial, Azores)
Size: 7305px × 6251px
Location: Atlantic Islands
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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