Isola Di Mayen Scoperta L'Anno 1614 ...
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Vincenzo Coronelli, arguably Italy's greatest cartographer of the two centuries his career straddled, produced two major world atlases, the "Isolario" and "Atlante Veneto". This plate has the margin trimmed on two edges, but with all engraved area intact, and shows the Arctic Circle island of Jan Mayen indicating dramatically the mountainous relief and barren nature of the place, important as a whalers' refuge and shelter for those in search of a north-east passage.
region: Maps of Scandinavia & The Arctic |
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