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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 / 1809 circa
Size:
10.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47644
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 / 1809
Size:
7 x 10 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
54374

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Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809 circa
Size:
10.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47566
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
8322
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
10.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
47610
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1853
Size:
16 x 12 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
0073gh
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
9.5 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
9340
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
43875
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
7 x 10.5 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
44639
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
7373
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
7374
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
7375
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1809
Size:
10 x 7 inches
Condition:
VG+
Stock#:
7376
Place/Date:
Madrid / 1887
Size:
18 x 25.5 inches
Condition:
VG
Stock#:
77585