COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Zurla, Placido, 1769-1834
Date:
1818
Short Title:
Abbozzo della mappa dei viaggi di Marco Polo
Publisher:
Tipografia Picotti
Publisher Location:
Venezia
Type:
Book Map
Obj Height cm:
18
Obj Width cm:
35
Scale 1:
24,000,000
Note:
Uncolored map. Showing the travels of Marco Polo in East Asia. Map is orientated with south at the top. In the left hand the Northern part of America (Nuova Spagna) with "Terre Incognite d'Antropofagi" (Unknown land of cannibals), "Quiviria", "Sierra Nevada", "Grandes Corrientes", etc. Relief shown pictorially.
World Area:
Asia
World Area:
North America
Subject:
Exploration
Full Title:
Abbozzo della mappa dei viaggi di Marco Polo nella sala dello Scudo del Palazzo ducale di Venezia. (to accompany) Sulle antiche mappe idro - geografiche lavorate in Venezia.
List No:
11171.004
Series No:
4
Publication Author:
Zurla, Placido, 1769-1834
Pub Date:
1818
Pub Title:
Sulle antiche mappe idro - geografiche lavorate in Venezia commentario del P. Ab. D. Placido Zurla. In Venezia Nella Tipografia Picotti MDCCCXVIII (1818).
Pub Note:
An ancient hydro-geographical work in Venice, by Placido Zurla in 96 pages of descriptive text, and three uncolored maps. Including: 1- Abbozzo della mappa dei viaggi di Marco Polo ... 2- Carta Da Navegar De Nicolo et Antonio Zeni Fvrono In Tramontana Lano M.CCC. LXXX. 3- Abbozzo Del Mappamondo Di F: Mauro Camaldolese Cosmografo Incomparabile alla Meta del Sec. XV. Text and maps includes: Marco Polo's travels, map showing his exploration routes in East Asia, also shows northern part of America, Sierra Nevada, etc., voyages of Nicolo and Antonio Zeno in North Atlantic, map showing North Atlantic, Greenland, Iceland and Lapland, etc., and the last map is a circular planisphere map of the world, made by Fra Mauro.
Pub List No:
11171.000
Pub Type:
Exploration Book
Pub Maps:
3
Pub Height cm:
30
Pub Width cm:
23
Image No:
11171004.jp2
Authors:
Zurla, Placido, 1769-1834
