Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran Austria this chart covers the coast

this chart covers the coast from Palimurus Shoal in Yemen to the Khorya Morya islands and Ras Sukra in Oman

The map was first published in 1570

often considered the elite of the British colonial civil servants in Africa

and is possibly the first issue showing the whole operating area of the recently formed London Passenger Transport Board

Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran Austria this chart covers the coastTopographia Repraesentio Barbarici Portus et Urbis Munitae Oran Oran, an important trading port and now Algerias second city, was governed by the Spanish between 1509 and 1708; our map was engraved on the occasion of its recapture from the Ottomans. It was sold to the Turks in 1792. Condition & Materials Copper engraving, 49. 5 x 57 cms, original hand colour to both town plan and prospect, blank verso.