Map of Spain and Portugal, Corrected and Augmented from the Map Published by D. Tomas Lopez, 1810

Tomás lópez (1730-1802) was a spanish cartographer who was sent by the spanish government to paris for a number of years to learn cartography and engraving from the great french mapmaker jean baptiste bourguignon d’anville (1697-1782). In 1804, lópez published his atlas geográfico de españa (geographical atlas of spain), the first atlas of spain produced by a spaniard. López’s children republished this work in a new edition in 1810, and again in 1830. Date: 1810. Place of creation: Portugal. Dimensions: 1 hand colored engraved map ; 50.5 x 59 cm. Medium: maps. Collection: National Library of Brazil.