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C1774
Il Mappamondo o sia Descrizione Generale Del Globo Ridotto in Quadro. Venezia 1774.
Mapmaker:
Scarce c.18th double hemisphere Italian hand coloured engraved world map by Antonio Zatta, superbly embellished with four female figures in each corner representing the continents and an armillary sphere at top. The map includes the discoveries and tracks of Cook … Read Full Description
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Full Title:
Il Mappamondo o sia Descrizione Generale Del Globo Ridotto in Quadro. Venezia 1774.
Date:
C1774
Mapmaker:
Condition:
In good condition.
Technique:
Copper engraving with original hand colouring.
Image Size:
390mm
x 280mm
Paper Size:
500mm
x 378mm
AUTHENTICITY
Genuine antique
dated:
1774
Description:
Scarce c.18th double hemisphere Italian hand coloured engraved world map by Antonio Zatta, superbly embellished with four female figures in each corner representing the continents and an armillary sphere at top.
The map includes the discoveries and tracks of Cook on his first voyage of discovery. The tracks of Bougainville are also shown. Australia is shown with the east coast joined from Van Diemen’s Land to the Solomon Islands and with an imaginary southern coast line added. The tracks of Cook’s circumnavigation of New Zealand are shown but the island is crudely drawn.
From Zatta, Atlante Novissimo, Illustrato ed Accresciuto Sulle Osservazioni, e Scoperte Fatte dai piu Celebri e piu Recenti Geografi
References:
Shirley, R. Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. London 2004 :: T.ZAT-1a.
Collections:
David Rumsey Collection: 11598.002
National Library Australia: Bib ID 184487
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvDM0Mwop
Shirley, R. Maps in the Atlases of The British Library. London 2004 :: T.ZAT-1a.
Collections:
David Rumsey Collection: 11598.002
National Library Australia: Bib ID 184487
State Library New South Wales: RECORD IDENTIFIER 74VvDM0Mwop
Antonio Zatta (1775 - 1797)
Italian cartographer and publisher based in Venice. Little biographical information is available on him and he is best known and remembered for his fine atlases. His major work was, Atlante Novissimo, a four volume atlas of the world and his grand study of St Mark's Basilica in Venice, printed in 1761.