A large map of Iberia published during the Peninsular War

CHANLAIRE, Pierre Gregoire & MENTELLE, Edme.

New Map of Spain and Portugal by E. Mentelle, Member of the National Insitute of Sciences at Paris, and P.G. Chanlaire, One of the Authors of the National Atlas.
London: John Stockdale, 1808. Original colour. Dissected and laid on linen, as issued, total 950 x 1270mm, folded into the original slipcase with publisher's title label.

Small split in linen at fold.

A large and detailed map of Iberia, published only two months after the British Army, under the command of Lieutenant-General Sir Arthur Wellesley, landed on the peninsula to held Spain and Portugal repel the invaders from Napoleonic France.
The map is based on the work of two prominent French cartographers, Pierre Gregoire Chanlaire (1758-1817) and Edme Mentelle (1730-1816), both of whom had worked for the French monarchy but had supported the Revolution and Napoleon as emperor.


Stock ID : 24072