JUAN ANTONIO SALVADOR CARMONA (Nava del Rey, 1740... Lot n° 32

Geometric Plan of the Bay of Algeciras and Gibraltar Etching 94 x 62 cm Engraved in 1787 by D. Juan Antonio Salvador Carmona, Engraver of the Prince's Chamber, from the map made by Vicente Tofiño de San Miguel (1732-1795) and written by S. Drouet. This work was the starting point of modern Spanish cartography, of which it is considered a masterpiece. It combines terrestrial, maritime, astronomical and geometrical observations.