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The Dirección de Hidrografía, or the Directorate of Hydrographic Works, was established in 1797. Its roots were in the Casa de Contratación, founded in 1503 in Sevilla, which housed all the charts of the Spanish Empire and oversaw the creation and maintenance of the padrón real, the official master chart. The Casa, now in Cadiz, was shuttered in 1790, but Spain still needed a hydrographic body. In response, the Dirección was created in 1797. One of its first projects was the publication of charts from the Malaspina Expedition (1789-1794). The Dirección oversaw not only publication, but also surveying. The Dirección was abolished in the early twentieth century, when their work was distributed to other organizations.
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Place/Date:
Madrid / 1838
Size:
33.5 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72757
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1839
Size:
36.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20908
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1840 (1848)
Size:
39 x 26.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
39679
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1842
Size:
35.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
39704
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1842
Size:
35.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
65719
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1853
Size:
16 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0073gh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1854
Size:
34.5 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
4877
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1854
Size:
34.5 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
4878
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1856
Size:
36.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
12874
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1856
Size:
36.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20972
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1857
Size:
27 x 41 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20909
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1857
Size:
41 x 27 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20910
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1858
Size:
36 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
2882
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1858
Size:
36 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
27522
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1859
Size:
35 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39608
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1861
Size:
37.5 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
48787
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1862
Size:
38 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
12925
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1862
Size:
37 x 25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20998
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1862
Size:
25 x 37 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20996
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1862
Size:
38 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39505
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1863
Size:
39 x 25 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39578
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1863
Size:
37.5 x 24 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
100461
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1864 (1875)
Size:
39.5 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
42476
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1864
Size:
31 x 25.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
63631
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1864
Size:
24 x 37 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
67678
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1864
Size:
24.25 x 18.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100250
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1866
Size:
41 x 27 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20911
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1866
Size:
41 x 27 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20912
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1867
Size:
41 x 27.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20906
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1867
Size:
39 x 26 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39463
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1867
Size:
38 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56058
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1867
Size:
24 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
100259
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1868
Size:
38.5 x 25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
39843
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1868
Size:
24 x 37 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
39863
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1868
Size:
38 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
48759
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1869 (1876)
Size:
39 x 25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56124
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1870
Size:
37 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
63651
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1874
Size:
39 x 25.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29724
Place/Date:
Manila / 1875 (1902)
Size:
38 x 50 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54137
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1876
Size:
39 x 25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20997