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Giraldos, Manuel


Manuel Giraldos (fl. c. 1830 - 1850) was a copper and line and letter engraver active in Madrid during the early to middle parts of the 19th century. Giraldos studied engraving under José Asensio. He worked extensively as a letter engraver for the Dirección Hidrografía.
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Early Spanish nautical mapping of Florida.

Nueva Carta del Canal de Bahama que comprehende tambien Los de Providencia y Santaren con los bajos, islas, y sondas al Este y al Oeste de la Peninsula de la Florida...

1807 (undated)
24 x 36 in (60.96 x 91.44 cm)
FloridaBahamas-direccionhidrografia-1807

$5,000.00

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  • DPI: 600
  • File Size: 814.37 MB
  • File Type: ZIP / TIFF
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A strikingly engraved 1807 Spanish nautical map of Florida and the Bahamas (Lucayas) published in Madrid by the Spanish Dirección Hidrografía. It is among the earliest modern nautical charts to focus specifically on Florida and was based on the 1799 observations of Dionisio Alcalá Galiano (1760 - 1805) aboard the ship San Fulgencio. (more details)

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