An Italian map of the Arctic Circle
TIRION, Isaak.
Nuova Carta del Polo Artico secondo l'ultime osservazioni.
Venice, Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1740. Coloured. 295 x 350mm.
A map of the Northern Hemisphere down to the Tropic of Cancer. Northern California is shown, as an island; the mythical island of Friesland appears south west of Iceland; and 'Companie Land' is shown to the east of Kamtchatka.
Albrizzi was the first publisher to issue Tirion's maps: Tirion's own atlas was issued in Amsterdam in 1744.
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An Italian map of the Arctic Circle
TIRION, Isaak.
Nuova Carta del Polo Artico secondo l'ultime osservazioni.
Venice, Giovanni Battista Albrizzi, 1740. Coloured. 295 x 350mm.
A map of the Northern Hemisphere down to the Tropic of Cancer. Northern California is shown, as an island; the mythical island of Friesland appears south west of Iceland; and 'Companie Land' is shown to the east of Kamtchatka.
Albrizzi was the first publisher to issue Tirion's maps: Tirion's own atlas was issued in Amsterdam in 1744.
Stock ID : 23611
SOLD
To see similar items click here