Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran Austria often considered the elite of

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

The map was first published in 1570

and includes reference notes on tides

This map of Reading is from Hermannides' Magna Britannia

Homann Heirs’ Plans & Prospect of Oran Austria often considered the elite ofTopographia 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.