Rare old Spanish maps on show at State Library of NSW

By Julie Power
Updated December 30 2014 - 1:13am, first published 12:15am
The Spanish naval delegation of  Captain Eugenio Piaz De Rio, left,  Admiral Jaime Munoz-Delgado, Commander Santiago Colsa, Lieutenant-Commander Jose Ramon Dolarea, Captain Pedro Ramirez and Commander Jose Perez Nunez, takes a look at 18th-century Spanish maps that the State Library Of New South Wales recently acquired. Photo: Jessica Hromas
The Spanish naval delegation of Captain Eugenio Piaz De Rio, left, Admiral Jaime Munoz-Delgado, Commander Santiago Colsa, Lieutenant-Commander Jose Ramon Dolarea, Captain Pedro Ramirez and Commander Jose Perez Nunez, takes a look at 18th-century Spanish maps that the State Library Of New South Wales recently acquired. Photo: Jessica Hromas

To spot where you were born on a 250-year-old map is exciting for most people. But to travel from Spain to find your homet own of Ferrol on a very rare map – on display for the first time at the State Library of NSW in Sydney – made time and distance disappear for one man.

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