Cartographer:
CORONELLI, Vicenzo
Title:
Isola di MADAGASCAR ò di SAN LORENZO
Stock Code:
3242
Method:
Copper engraving
Colouring:
Hand coloured
Size: (W x H):
45cm x 60cm
17½ inches x 23½ inches
Date:
1695
Price:
£695
A large and impressive rendering of the Island of Madagascar, with numerous place-names around the coast. Although the west coast of the island is well defined, the east shows the fictitious concave format of earlier maps. The title is displayed in a classical floral wreath cartouche at the bottom left, at lower right there is a distance table on a draped cloth. The coast line of Mozambique fills the west corner. The lines of latitude are decorated with fleur de lis indicating North, and the Tropic of Cancer divides the lower portion of the map
Good condition with a small hole in the right hand margin.