Plano del Golfo de Catarro.
manuscriptcartographic
[17--?]
spa
"This 18th-century Spanish maritime map shows the Gulf of Kotor, a fjord-like body of water located on the eastern side of the Adriatic Sea. The map is part of the Library of Congress's collection of Spanish navigation maps, acquired from Maggs Brothers, London. The map shows depths in soundings and is oriented with north at the lower right. The phrase "Del Ferro" in the upper left refers to Ferro Island, the southwestern-most of the Canary Islands, that was used in 18th-century maps as the prime meridian. Also shown is the medieval city of Kotor. The gulf and the adjacent city have had a long and complex history, defined to a large extent by their strategic location. Over the centuries, Kotor was part of various medieval states, the Ottoman Empire, the Venetian Republic, the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy, the Habsburg (later Austro-Hungarian) Empire, the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes, and the state of Yugoslavia. Today, it is an important cultural and tourist center in the independent country of Montenegro."
Annotated in brown ink in upper left corner: Del Ferrol.
Depths shown by soundings.
Maggs number annotated in pencil in lower right corner: 155.
Mounted on cloth backing.
Oriented with north toward the lower right.
Pen-and-ink.
Watermarks: LVG; and, bottom half of Strasburg fleur-de-lis.
Coasts--Montenegro--Kotor, Gulf of--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Manuscript maps--Early works to 1800.
Kotor, Gulf of (Montenegro)--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Montenegro Kotor, Gulf of.
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g6857k.lh000605