Old Manuscript Map of Spain and Portugal by Bowen, 1810: Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona, Pyrenees, Strait of Gibraltar chinese Historical Significance: Represents the blending

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Old Manuscript Map of Spain and Portugal by Bowen, 1810: Madrid, Lisbon, Barcelona, Pyrenees, Strait of Gibraltar chinese Historical Significance: Represents the blendingTitled simply Spain and Portugal, this 1810 manuscript by Frances Bowen presents the Iberian Peninsula with a schoolrooms eye for order and a draftsmans instinct for drama. Borders between provinces and counties are crisply articulated, while handwritten labels march across the land in a steady, legible hand. Pictorial relieflittle ranks of shaded hills and serried rangessupplants the still nascent language of contour lines, giving the Pyrenees,