Madrid, Ville Considerable de la Nouvelle Castille, Sejour ordinaire des Roys d'Espagne

Subject

Madrid, Spain

Date
1700
Mapmaker
Fer, N[icolas] de
Publisher

Fer, N[icolas] de

Place of Publication

Paris

Accession Number
2458.001
Alternate number
Cusachs Collection
Condition
Fair. Foxing, browning, acidification. Surface dirt. Needs conservation
Curatorial Notes

Labels from previous exhibitions: "This atlas was published to establish the Duc d'Anjou's claim to the Spanish throne. European monarchs frequently used maps to justify territorial claims. As one the royal cartographers de Fer was commissioned in 1701 to produce an atlas commemorating the ascent of a grandson of Louis XIV to the throne of Spain as Philip V. In the world map in this atlas de Fer shows the territory of Spain outlined in red and in doing so gives the Gulf Coast to the Spanish empire when in actual fact Louis XIV was already establishing French colonies in the area.

Exhibition History
Dec 1982-1984: map exhibition in Presbytere.
Notes

From de Fer's 1701 "Cartes et Descriptions Generales et Particulieres Pour l'Intelligence Des Affaires du Temps, au Sujet de la Succession de la Courounne d'Espagne." Locates major public buildings

Media Type
bound in book
Size
9 x 13
Storage
c02d07