Antique map - Basque Country (Euskal Herria) 1961
Poster sold unframed but easy to frame!
This poster is sold rolled up inside a rigid protective tube. Our sizes are standard and you will easily find a frame or poster hanger (magnetic poster holder) to suit your taste!
Description
Celebrate the cultural identity and geographical richness of a unique region with this art re-edition of a historic map entitled Evskaerria. This exceptional cartographic document offers a unified and remarkably precise representation of the entire Basque Country (Euskal Herria), encompassing its seven historic provinces beyond modern administrative borders. This rare archival piece is a privileged choice for all lovers of Basque culture, regional geography, and vintage cartography.
The surgically precise linework highlights the region's territorial interconnection through an immensely dense network. One can distinguish the Pyrenean mountain ranges, winding waterways, and communication routes that connect the northern and southern provinces. The map carefully delineates and names the major historic territories clearly visible on the plan, notably Nafarroa (Navarre), Bizkaia (Biscay), Gipuzkoa (Guipuscoa), and Araba (Alava), while opening onto the coastlines bordered by the Cantabrian Sea (Kantauri Itxasoa) and neighboring regions such as Gascony (Gaztela) to the west, Béarn (Bearno) to the east, and Aragon (Arago) to the southeast.
This historic map of the Basque Country stands out for its deeply authentic dimension, with its entire nomenclature and details written in the Basque language. At the bottom left, beneath the superb calligraphic title in traditional stylized letters, lies a complete legend of conventional signs (Ezaugarriak) allowing the identification of provincial capitals (Eskualdeko hiriburuak such as Iruña, Bilbo, Donostia, or Gasteiz), borders, railways, and mountain roads.
Carefully reprinted on high-quality paper, this re-edition preserves its delicate cream patina and the purity of its black-and-white monochrome lines, establishing itself as a majestic piece of wall décor, ideal for bringing a touch of elegance, pride, and history to the wall of a living room, library, or distinctive office.
Creative paper
For vintage paper posters, we use a natural-toned and textured, slightly grained, 200 gsm FSC®-certified fine art paper. We chose this paper for its durability and to preserve its vintage look: it is an uncoated paper, so the colors will have an "aged" appearance that stays true to the spirit of the original card.
If you would like to get an idea of how the printed result will look, which is always different from what you see on screen, please contact us and we will be happy to help! Rest assured that we will do our utmost to respond to your request as quickly as possible!
Shipping costs
For shipping, we use Colissimo by La Poste.
You can choose your Colissimo pickup point after paying for your order (you have 10 business days to collect your order).
We recommend choosing delivery to a pickup point, as you can select the one that suits you, to avoid being delivered to a pickup point you cannot choose if you are not home for a home delivery with Colissimo.
- Mainland France : €6 to a pickup point, €8 for home delivery without signature, €9 for home delivery with signature, free delivery to a pickup point on orders over €60
- Europe (Austria, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Finland, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland): €12, free delivery on orders over €100
- United Kingdom: €18, free delivery on orders over €120
Manufacturing and delivery
For paper posters : we print to order in our workshop in Bordeaux.
- We prepare orders within 24 to 48 hours (Monday to Friday) after receipt of payment and hand over the packages on day 2/3. Colissimo then delivers within 3 to 4 days.
- If your order contains several posters, they will be shipped in a single shipping tube.
If you wish to receive your posters in separate tubes, you will need to place as many orders as desired tubes.
- Please allow a total delivery time of 5 to 7 business days to receive your order (excluding holiday periods or exceptional circumstances).
- For urgent orders, you can call us at 05 56 02 03 20 or write to us at bonjour@cartopolo.fr
For complaints related to delivery, you have a maximum of 7 days from the receipt of the package, dated by the delivery notice, to send them to us. Sending photos of the packaging, the shipping label attached to the packaging, as well as the product will facilitate the processing of your request.
Satisfied or your money back!
Not satisfied or have you changed your mind? You have 14 days from the date of receipt to return your order to us.
Once the returned product has been received by Cartopolo in perfect condition in its unopened original packaging, the refund will be issued to the credit card used for the purchase within 30 days.
Returns are only accepted for standard products from our online catalog. Any order that has been customized cannot be returned or refunded.
If you have any doubts or questions about a product before purchasing it, we recommend contacting us via our contact form or by phone. We will do our utmost to respond as quickly as possible!