Decorative and highly detailed map of Morea from Coronelli’s Corso Geografico Universale published in Venice in 1690. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli is widely recognised as one of Italy?s most famous and greatest cartographers. He received an ecclesiastical education at the convent of the Minor Conventuals and also studied theology in Rome. However, his interests in geography and cartography were awoken early in his ecclesiastical career and never suppressed. He made very famous globes (including an i
Peloponneso hoggidi Morea
Peloponneso hoggidi Morea
- Author: CORONELLI Vincenzo Maria
- Year: 1690
- Dimension: 452 x 604 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
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