Fine map of Portugal oriented with west at the top (and north incorrectly pointing south on the compass rose) from Corso Geografico Universale by Vincenzo Coronelli published in Venice, 1690. A decorative title cartouche appears in bottom center embellished with military flags and canon. The scales cartouche and the arms of Portugal and Algarve are supported by mermen in the Atlantic and four smaller crests represent the adjacent regions of Spain. At bottom right the signature of the engraver “Gioseppe Dolcetta Sculp”.
Vincenzo Coronelli was a Franciscan priest and renowned mathematician and cartographer. He was appointed official cosmographer to the Venetian Republic in 1685 and founded the world’s earliest geographic society, L’Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti.
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[Portugal] Il Portugallo Cioe Le Provincie di Entredouro, e Minho, Traz-Os-Montes, e Beira Di Nuova Projezione
More Info € 150,00Map of the northern half of Portugal, with attractive cartouche at lower right, showing moored ship with its cargo of barrels unloaded on the shore, next to a stone tablet on which is written the title. 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,…
- Year: 1779
- Dimension: 320 x 420 mm
- Place of publication: Venice
