Provincia Navarrae Ordinis Carmelitarum Discalceatoru(m) sub Titulo S. Joachim erecta anno 1706

A very rare map of central area of Navarra, with Carmelite convents, engraved by Domenico Franceschini.

The map shows the province established in 1706 by the Spanish Congregation of the Order of Discalced Carmelites and dedicated to St. John, whose image surmounts the cartouche with the title.

The map is part of the work Provinciarum et Conventuum Fratum, ac monalium Discalceatorum Ordinis B Virginis Mariae de monte Carmelo Congregationis Hispaniae Corographica Topographica, et Chronologica Descriptio" edited in Rome in 1739.

Graduated borders, scale in the Spanish miles - Scala Leucarum Hispaniae (40 miles = 4.5 cm), the topography is represented with the design of the mountains from the shaded profile; It is also reported the hydrography, indicating the names of the waterways.

In the lower margin, alphabetical and numerical legends respectively, with the references to the Convents of Friars (Conventus Fratrum) and those Carmelite nuns (conventus monalium).

Copperplate, with margins, a small wormhole in the upper margins, otherwise perfect condition.