Description
Impressive c.18th map of the eastern hemisphere by Vincenzo Coronelli (1650-1718) with Australia shown with discoveries of Tasman’s two voyages.
The hemisphere is surrounded a wide border of graduals, degrees of latitude and longitude, signs of the zodiac, estimates of the circumference of the earth according to the ancients, and dedicated to Signore Pietro Marcello Senatore Amplissimo, Fratello dell’e Excellentis Sigr. Federico, Procuratore di S. Marco.
From: Coronelli, V.M. Atlante Veneto
