Collection: Michie Collection

Name: Alhama

Barcode: 155

Image Number: 155.0001

Creator: Hoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1601Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, 1616-1680

From Atlas: Yes

Publishing Location: Amsterdam

Notes: Notes at bottom of map: "Cum Privilegio" "Depingebat Georgius Hoefnagle". Originally published by Braun & Hogenberg in Civitates orbis terrarum. Verso: Description in Latin

Atlas Reference: Theatrum Urbium

Subjects: Alhama de Granada (Spain)Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622Geography--Pictorial worksHoefnagel, Joris, 1542-1601Hogenberg, Abraham, active 1608-1653Hot springsJanssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, active 1642-1681

Title Translation: Alhama

Brief Description: View of Alhama de Granada, Spain, showing the rugged mountains surrounding the city. Pictured in the foreground are people on the "Camino para Granada" (the road to Granada). Beyond the scene of the travellers is an illustration of a bath house with the stables, rooms, and steaming bath houses labeled in Spanish.

Physical Description: 1 view: black and white

Publisher: Braun, Georg, 1540 or 1541-1622Hogenberg, Abraham, active 1608-1653Janssonius van Waesberge, Johannes, 1616-1680

Date/Date Range Produced: 1657

Date/Date Range Published: 1657

Language: LatinSpanish

Region Depicted: Alhama de Granada, Spain

Map Type: Views

Dimensions: 34 x 47 cm

Printing Process: Etching

Printing Technique: Copper

Material Type: Paper

Historical Context: In 1653 Janssonius acquired the plates from Abraham Hogenberg and published The Townbooks in 1657 containing 500 plates of cities from around the world. Alhama is historically known for its hot baths.

LC Call Number: G6564 .J3 1657

OCLC: 157022041

Accession Number: MI-1657-4

Donor: Michie

Permanent URL: https://oshermaps.org/map/155.0001