Importante veduta a volo d’uccello dell’Italia orientata con le Alpi in primo piano e la Sicilia, Malta e la costa nordafricana sullo sfondo a seguire la curvatura terrestre. Si tratta della tavola preparata nel 1861 dalla Litografia Luigi Ronchi di Milano probabilmente su diretta commissione di Cavour che, insieme alle vedute più importanti delle città italiane e alle vignette degli italiani famosi, componeva il celebre “Panorama Italiano” (qui un esemplare in catalogo) la magnifica e suggestiva opera stampata per la proclamazione dell’Unità d’Italia.
La carta mette in evidenza le vie di comunicazione principali ed è animata nell’Adriatico e nel Tirreno da numerose navi e battelli a vapore. I vulcani Etna e Vesuvio in eruzione e lungo i bordi i punti cardinali e i paesi confinanti.
Questa particolare e decorativa rappresentazione dell’Italia verrà ripresa successivamente anche dall’editore Vallardi per la sua carta dell’Italia come si presenta nella sua configurazione naturale all’altezza di circa 20 mille metri. (Qui un esemplare in catalogo).
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