"Il Mappamondo… Ridotto in Quadro". World on Mercator projection. ZATTA 1779
Il Mappamondo o sia Descrizione Generale del Globo Ridotto in Quadro. Artist/engraver/cartographer: Antonio Zatta. Provenance: "Atlante Novissimo, illustrato ed accresciuto sulle osservazioni, e scoperte fatte dai piu' celebri e piu' recenti geografi", in Venezia MDCCLXXXII, presso Antonio Zatta con privilegio dell' Eccellmo Senato. Type: Antique 18th century Italian copperplate map with original hand colour. A map of the world on the Mercator projection, showing the voyages of Cook and Bougainville between 1766-1771. The eastern coastline of Australia, and the entire coastline of New Zealand are notably inaccurate - Tasmania is shown joined to the Australian mainland. The coastlines of much of Arctic Canada and Alaska are wildly speculative - Greenland is shown conjoined to the North American continent.
Size: 5104px × 3728px
Location: World
Photo credit: © Antiqua Print Gallery / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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