C1740

Nuova Carta del Polo Artico

Exquisite map of the north pole with the title in a decorative ribbon, by Giovambattista Albrizzi, publisher, patron, collector and one of the great figures of eighteenth-century Venetian intellectual and cultural life. In America, California is shown as an island, … Read Full Description

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Full Title:

Nuova Carta del Polo Artico

Date:

C1740

Condition:

In good condition, with centre fold as issued.

Technique:

Hand coloured copper engraving.

Image Size: 

325mm 
x 280mm
AUTHENTICITY
Nuova Carta del Polo Artico - Antique Map from 1740

Genuine antique
dated:

1740

Description:

Exquisite map of the north pole with the title in a decorative ribbon, by Giovambattista Albrizzi, publisher, patron, collector and one of the great figures of eighteenth-century Venetian intellectual and cultural life.

In America, California is shown as an island, and other than Lahotan’s concepts of a river and lake system connecting with the Mississippi River, the map is devoid of much information in the north. The Great Wall is marked in China.  

From: Albrizzi, Atlante Novissimo del Sigr. Guglielmo de L’Isle, Venezia. (volume Primo MDCCXL-1740)

Giovambattista Albrizzi (1698 - 1777)

Albrizzi was a publisher, patron, collector and one of the great figures of eighteenth-century Venetian intellectual and cultural life. Although Venice had been the centre of the European map trade during the sixteenth century, its importance was greatly diminished in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as Dutch and German publishers became increasingly dominant.

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