The Portuguese Douro and the Adjacent Country : and So Much of the River As Can Be Made Navigable In Spain = O Douro Portuguez E Paiz Adjacente : Com Tanto Do Rio Quanto Se Pode Tornar Navegavel Em Espanha in 1852

Old map of Duero River, Portugal, Spain.

Created by Joseph James Forrester, William Hughes in 1852.

• Relief shown by hachures.
• In English and Portuguese.
• Author's name signed in statement of responsibility.
• Manuscript author's name and the following not added in ink below English title: This map, and the surveys of the Wine-Districts of the Alto-Douro, by the author, were ordered by the House of Commons to be printed in illustration of Mr. Forrester's evidence before a Select Committee on Import Dutirs on Wines, held in April and May 1852.
• Inset maps: Geological View of the Wine District of Alto-Douro -- O rio = The river.
• At top of the map: New Royal Edition, 1852.
• In bottom margin: London printed solely for the author.
• Includes text, distance tables, references, 2 illustrations of boats with descriptive information, illustrations of medals along lower border, 2 insets and 8 vignettes.
• Vignettes: Ponte pensil do Porto = Suspension bridge, Oporto -- Porto Antigo-e Rio Bestança -- Regôa -- O Rio Douro huma legoa acima do Salto da Sardinha = The River Douro one league above the Salto da Sardinha -- As Pedras das Anchoras -- Ponto do Cachão da Baleira -- Ponto do Salto da Sardinha -- O Rio Douro divindo Portugal do Espanha junta a foz do Agueda = The River Douro dividing Portugal from Spain as seen from the mouth of the Agueda.

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Duero River

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