Parte Occidentale Della Spagna ... Parte Orientale Della Spagna
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A large and attractive map on two sheets joined. This map appeared in the "Atlante Veneto", Coronelli's best known work. In a typical flourish, Coronelli places the Castillian lion in the lower right hand corner with his sword above the shields of the Spanish kings. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) is widely recognised as one of Italy's most famous and greatest cartographers. A Franciscan monk, and later head of his Order, he had a prolific output of globes and produced at least 500 maps. His earliest work was a pair of globes for Louis XIV, each with a diameter of fifteen feet, which were painted rather than printed. In 1688, he published a series of printed globes, remarkable for their size and high standard of engraving. He also published the "Atlante Veneto", from which this map comes, which was intended as a continuation of the Blaeu "Atlas Maior". Coronelli's maps, as here, are engraved in characteristic fine, bold style, using the latest geographical information available. Many of the more important maps from the atlas were engraved on two sheets, as this example has been, to allow greater detail to be shown. Coronelli was appointed cosmographer to the Venetian Republic and "Map-maker Royal" to Louis XIV, which gave him access to the latest French manuscript records that he was able to incorporate into his printed maps.
region: Maps of Spain & Portugal
mapmaker:
V.M.Coronelli
place and date of publication:
Venice 1696 -
medium and colour:
copperplate, Coloured
ref:
31913
size in cms: 89 x 60.5 Price: £ 1750 |
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