Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Mappa mondo o descrizione generale del globo terraqueo, con viaggi e nuove scoperte del Cap. Cook
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Presso la Calcografia camerale
Place
Date
1788
Physical Description
1 map : hand col. ; 34 x 46 cm.
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Subject Category
Content
Hand-coloured double hemisphere map showing the three voyages of James Cook. Antarctica is named but not mapped; similarly the south coast of Nuova Olanda (Australia) is very sketchy with Tasmania attached to the mainland.
Decorative border showing allegorical figures.
Public Access Text
Plate no. 2 from: Nuovo atlante geografico universale : delineato sulle ultime osservazioni / Giovanni Maria Cassini. Tome. I. Rome : Presso la Calcogr. camerale, [1792-1801]. Cassini was a Somachan Father (as indicated by his SOR).
Copyright
No known copyright restrictions
Last Update
06 Dec 2024
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