Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran Austria settlements of various sizes

settlements of various sizes

and is possibly the first issue showing the whole operating area of the recently formed London Passenger Transport Board

often considered the elite of the British colonial civil servants in Africa

The map was first published in 1570

Joannes Ulpius and Bonino Mombrizio

Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran Austria settlements of various sizesTopographia 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.