Vincenzo Coronelli: America Settentrionale
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Cartographer:
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Vincenzo Coronelli
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Title:
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America Settentrionale
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Date:
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c. 1690
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Published:
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Venice
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Width:
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35 inches / 89 cm
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Height:
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24 inches / 61 cm
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Map ref:
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AMER2225
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Description:
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Beautifully engraved map of North America with California as an island. One of the earliest maps to correctly show the Mississippi River emptying into the Gulf of Mexico. As cartographer to the King Louis XIV, Coronelli had access to the latest cartographic information from French explorers like La Salle and Hennepin. [AMER2225]
[Burden (P.): The Mapping of North America II 643]
[McLaughlin 103]
[Schulten (S.): A History of America in 100 Maps, p60-63] |