Mapa General de la Península de España. Dividido en sus actuales provincias

Original antique map of the Iberian Peninsula, divided into its current provinces, created by Pedro Martín de López and published in Madrid in 1845. The map shows the administrative organization of Spanish territory following the reforms carried out in 1833 by minister Javier de Burgos, which established the provincial division in force during the nineteenth century. It depicts the 49 provinces created at that time, with their boundaries and capitals, as well as the main cities, rivers, and geographical features of the Iberian Peninsula. The coverage includes both Spain and Portugal. Pedro Martín de López was a cartographer and engraver active in Madrid during the first half of the nineteenth century, devoted to producing national and regional maps for administrative and educational purposes. This map provides evidence of the new Spanish territorial structure implemented during the reign of Isabel II, which would remain with few modifications until the twentieth century. The work is executed as a steel engraving, a technique that allowed clear reproduction of the numerous place names and provincial boundaries.