1795

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  • A fascinating engraved map dated third years after the French revolution showing all of North and South America published in Paris by Basset, based upon work of Johann Baptist Nolin. The map includes a large inset map showing the “New Discoveries” in the Northwest part of America, most notably the depiction of prospective routes from Hudson’s Bay and Baffin’s Bay to the Pacific Ocean, based upon information provided by Joseph Nicolas De L’Isle, reporting on…

    • Author: NOLIN Jean Baptiste
    • Year: 1795
    • Dimension: 470 x 680 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
  • The rare map of Europe prepared by J. Nolin and re-issued by Basset corrected and improved during “l’An 3 de la Republique Francaise” by Longchamps. It comes with two columns on the left and right side describing the different regions and empires.

    • Author: NOLIN Jean Baptiste
    • Year: 1795
    • Dimension: 470 x 650 mm
    • Place of publication: Paris
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    A monumental map in four sheets depicting, despite the title indicating ‘Lombardy’, the entire Po Valley below the Alps and the Lombard lakes, with the exception of a large part of Lake Garda, as far as the Gulf of Venice, Liguria and the Apennines. The map made by cartographer Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni and engraved on copper with great care by Giuseppe Guerra was produced between 1794 and 1795 and was intended to serve the anti-French military coalition, to which the Kingdom of Naples had joined, for the wars that were looming in northern Italy. It is one of the most important achievements of modern cartography in terms of surveying and scientific accuracy.

    • Author: Giovanni Antonio Rizzi Zannoni
    • Dimension: 96 x 188 cm
    • Place of publication: Naples
    • Year: 1795