Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran Austria Joannes Ulpius and Bonino Mombrizio

Joannes Ulpius and Bonino Mombrizio

settlements of various sizes

“a fragment of that older and more beautiful world”

Volumes 1 to 4

The map was first published in 1570

Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran Austria Joannes Ulpius and Bonino MombrizioTopographia 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.