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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.
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1799
Size:
37 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
41973
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1798
Size:
24 x 37.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
87492
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1805
Size:
35 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
74682
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1867
Size:
38 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
73769
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1817
Size:
37 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
95581
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
7 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54374
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1864
Size:
38 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
62184
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1821
Size:
35 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
87160
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1816
Size:
37 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42251sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
34 x 22.25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
88586
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1816
Size:
23 x 19 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42433sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1826
Size:
36.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
48746
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1887
Size:
18 x 25.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77585
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1837
Size:
34 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
42525sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43864
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43885
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1861
Size:
37.5 x 23.7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
100422
Carta Esferica De La Rada De Pernambuco y sus immediaciones en la Costa Del Brasil levantada en 1819
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1845
Size:
28.5 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20939
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1839
Size:
36.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
62327
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1840
Size:
37.5 x 25.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42237sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809 circa
Size:
10.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47644
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1803
Size:
37.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
44689
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1788
Size:
21.5 x 33.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
45207
Archived
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1808
Size:
71 x 46 inches (if joined)
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
66107
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1798
Size:
33.9 x 21.9 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
71962
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1807
Size:
36 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
12871
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1808
Size:
35.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
92265
Place/Date:
/ 1818 circa
Size:
34 x 22.4 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
87161
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1798
Size:
38.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
57113
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1798
Size:
24.5 x 38.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
57420
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1807
Size:
34.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
31103
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1805
Size:
37 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
64047
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1807
Size:
34.5 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42594
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1808
Size:
34.5 x 22.7 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
71293
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1863
Size:
39 x 25 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39578
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
7 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
44498
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1864 (1875)
Size:
39.5 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
42476
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1838
Size:
33.5 x 22 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
72757
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1862
Size:
38 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
12925
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
7 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
40914
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1867
Size:
38 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
56058
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1859
Size:
35 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39608
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1836
Size:
37 x 25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20913
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1816
Size:
37 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42319sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1817
Size:
37 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42459sh
Place/Date:
Manila / 1875 (1902)
Size:
38 x 50 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54137
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
7 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
45164
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1858
Size:
36 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
2882
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1862
Size:
38 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39505
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1842
Size:
35.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
39704
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1799
Size:
36 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
40741
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1804
Size:
38.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42338sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1808
Size:
36 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42376sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1870
Size:
37 x 23.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
63651
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1842
Size:
35.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
65719
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1799
Size:
34 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG-
Stock#:
27502
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1840 (1848)
Size:
39 x 26.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
39679
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1867
Size:
39 x 26 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
39463
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1827
Size:
38 x 26.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42497sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1815
Size:
34 x 21.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
58133
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1863
Size:
37.5 x 24 inches
Condition:
Good
Stock#:
100461
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1858
Size:
36 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
27522
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1798
Size:
22.5 x 17 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42214
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1799 circa
Size:
36 x 23 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42359sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1867
Size:
41 x 27.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20906
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1830
Size:
36 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42511sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
7 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43845
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
7 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
44588
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1864
Size:
31 x 25.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
63631
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1876
Size:
39 x 25 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
20997
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1798
Size:
38.5 x 24.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
33845
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1800 circa
Size:
23 x 16.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
42446sh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1874
Size:
39 x 25.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
29724