Unusual cartouche portion only of the Azores map by - Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) - 1696

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Cartouche Only. Engraving. 17 3/4" x 23 1/2". Unusual cartouche portion only of the Azores map, an autonomous mid Atlantic archipelago of Portugal.

Title: Isole Azzori, ò Azzoridi dette altrimenti Acipitrum, Tertiae, Flandricae et Superiores.Possedute nel Mare Atlantico da Portoghesi.Descritte, e dedicate dal Pré Mro Coronelli M.C. Cosmografo della Serenissima Republica di Venetia.All'Illmo et Eccelmo sigr Giovani Priuli de Sr Alessandro.With inset map: Veduta della Citta d'Angra nell'Isola di Tercera Capitalle dell'Azzori.

Date of the first edition: c. 1695. Date of this map: 1696.

Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) was a Franciscan priest and renowned mathematician and cartographer. He was appointed official Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic in 1685 and founded the world's earliest geographic society, L'Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti. He was known best for his globes, which he made for prominent rulers such as Louis XIV and the Duke of Parma.

Cartouche Only. Engraving. 17 3/4" x 23 1/2". Unusual cartouche portion only of the Azores map, an autonomous mid Atlantic archipelago of Portugal.

Title: Isole Azzori, ò Azzoridi dette altrimenti Acipitrum, Tertiae, Flandricae et Superiores.Possedute nel Mare Atlantico da Portoghesi.Descritte, e dedicate dal Pré Mro Coronelli M.C. Cosmografo della Serenissima Republica di Venetia.All'Illmo et Eccelmo sigr Giovani Priuli de Sr Alessandro.With inset map: Veduta della Citta d'Angra nell'Isola di Tercera Capitalle dell'Azzori.

Date of the first edition: c. 1695. Date of this map: 1696.

Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) was a Franciscan priest and renowned mathematician and cartographer. He was appointed official Cosmographer to the Venetian Republic in 1685 and founded the world's earliest geographic society, L'Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti. He was known best for his globes, which he made for prominent rulers such as Louis XIV and the Duke of Parma.

Code : A75

Cartographer : Cartographer / Engraver / Publisher: Vincenzo Coronelli

Date : Publication Place / Date - 1696 Approx

Size : Sheet size: Image Size:  (33 x 26 cm)

Availability : Available

Type - Genuine Antique

Grading - A

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