Detailed map of the eastern coastline of Spain, centred on Valencia, Murcia and the Balearic Islands of Ibiza, Minorca and Majorca. From Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai più celebri e più recenti cartografi by Antonio Zatta published in Venice in 1779. Antonio Zatta was one of the leading cartographers and publishers of the time, and his Atlante Novissimo was one of the most beautifully produced of 18th-century atlases. He drew on the work of other cartographers- such as Captain Cook, for his maps of New Zealand and Australia, Robert de Vaugondy, Bellin, and developed his own distinctive elegant style.
[Spain] Li Regni di Valenza e Murcia
- Author: ZATTA Antonio
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 300 x 400 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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