ORIGINAL ANTIQUE MAP NAUTICAL CHART Azors Sao Miguel Santa Maria Vila Do Porto

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ANTIQUE ORIGINAL MAPTERRITORY NAUTICAL CHART
[Thismap is not a reproduction or from a scan, and it's printed on a thick papermatting surface. My Map collection, passed down by my grandfather, has beenstored flat and folded]
North Atlantic Ocean
Azors:  Sao Miguel to Santa Maria
Vila Do Porto, Banco Formigs, Lagoa Azul, Pico da Vara, Algarvia, Vila Franca do Campo
See Photos for condition.
São Miguel Island
(
pronounced
[ˈsɐ̃w miˈɣɛl]
;
Portuguese
for "
Saint Michael
"), nicknamed "The Green Island" (
Ilha Verde
), is the largest and most populous island in the
Portuguese
archipelago
of the
Azores
. The island covers 760 km
2
(290 sq mi) and has around 140,000 inhabitants, with 45,000 people residing in
Ponta Delgada
, the archipelago's largest city.
Vila Franca do Campo
(
Portuguese pronunciation:
[ˈvilɐ ˈfɾɐ̃kɐ ðu ˈkɐ̃pu]
(
listen
)
) is a town and
municipality
in the southern part of the island of
São Miguel
in the
Portuguese
Autonomous Region of the
Azores
. The population of the municipality was 11,229 in 2011,
[1]
in an area of 77.97 km².
[2]
The town proper, which incorporates the urbanized parishes
São Miguel
and
São Pedro
, has 4100 inhabitants.
The
Azores
(
/
ə
ˈ
z
ɔːr
z
/
ə-
ZORZ
,
US
also
/
ˈ
eɪ
z
ɔːr
z
/
AY
-zorz
;
[3]
[4]
[5]
[6]
Portuguese
:
Açores
Portuguese pronunciation:
[ɐˈsoɾɨʃ]
), officially the
Autonomous Region of the Azores
(
Região Autónoma dos Açores
), is one of the two
autonomous regions of Portugal
(along with
Madeira
). It is an
archipelago
composed of nine
volcanic islands
in the
Macaronesia
region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of
Lisbon
, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of
Morocco
, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of
Newfoundland
,
Canada
.
Santa Maria
(
Portuguese pronunciation:
[ˈsɐ̃.tɐ mɐˈɾi.ɐ]
) is an island in the
eastern group
of the
Azores
archipelago (south of the island of
São Miguel
) and the southernmost island in the Azores. The island is known for its white sand beaches, distinctive chimneys, and dry warm weather.