Grande mappa geo-pittorica della Biscaglia (in basco e ufficialmente: Bizkaia e Vizcaya: in spagnolo) la provincia della comunità autonoma dei Paesi Baschi, nella Spagna settentrionale. La carta disegnata dall’artista Gregorio Hombrados Oñativia (Guipúzcoa 1902 -1978) presenta una ricchissima toponomastica e un importante apparato decorativo con grandi scene allegoriche e di vita quotidiana con personaggi in abiti tipici, lo stemma della città di Bilbao, il cartiglio del Banco di Bilbao, il riquadro con l’esaustiva legenda dei segni convenzionali e le numerose imbarcazioni e velieri in navigazione nel Mar Cantabrico e nel Golfo di Vizcaya. Pubblicata dal Banco di Bilbao nel 1940 presso Gráficas Laborde y Labayen di Tolosa.
[Spain] Carta ilustrada del M. N. y M. L. Señorío de Vizcaya
Pictorial map of the Basque region designed by G. H. Oñativia for the Banco de Bilbao.
- Author: Gregorio Hombrados Oñativia
- Dimension: 61 x 95 cm
- Place of publication: Tolosa
- Year: 1940
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