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Carte générale d’Espagne et de tous les Royaumes qui la composent (Península Ibérica). Paris, c. 1693–1710. - [IBERIA]. Carte générale d’Espagne et de tous les Royaumes qui la composent. Nicolas SANSON (map author); Alexis-Hubert JAILLOT (publisher). [Paris, H. Jaillot’s press, c. 1693–1710]. Copper engraving; 425 × 580 mm (sheet). Large general map of the Iberian Peninsula (with the Balearics ), drawn in the late-seventeenth-century French style. Graduated border, rhumb lines , and a scale of leagues (plain cartouche at lower left); at lower right a bold baroque title cartouche surmounted by a row of coats of arms of the peninsular kingdoms. Dense place-name coverage, river network and mountain ranges; maritime labels include “Mer de Biscaye, ” “Golfe de Cadis, ” “Mer d’Espagne, ” and “Partie d’Afrique” at the Strait of Gibraltar. Paris edition by Jaillot , after Nicolas Sanson’s design, typical of the Atlas Nouveau printings of the early 18th century.