COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Masi, Giovanni Tommaso
Date:
1777
Short Title:
Carta esatta rappresentante l'Isola di S. Domingo o sia Hispaniola.
Publisher:
Masi, Giovanni Tommaso
Publisher Location:
Livorno
Type:
Atlas Map
Obj Height cm:
23
Obj Width cm:
29
Note:
Map of Santo Domingo, or Hispaniola. Shows cities, ports, topography, vegetation, drainage, coastlines, shoals and islands. Relief shown pictorially. Includes latitudinal and longitudinal lines. Black and white engraving, with title in decorative cartouche. Map is 23 x 29 cm, on fold-out sheet 37 x 46 cm. Descriptive text for map appears on page 9 of Dexcrizione delle carte geografiche, which precedes maps.
Region:
Hispaniola
Event:
American Revolution
Subject:
Nautical Charts
Full Title:
Carta esatta rappresentante l'Isola di S. Domingo o sia Hispaniola. G. M. Terreni fe.
List No:
14343.031
Page No:
XIX
Series No:
31
Engraver or Printer:
Terreni, Giuseppe Maria, 1739-1811
Publication Author:
Masi, Giovanni Tommaso
Pub Date:
1777
Pub Title:
Atlante dell'America contenente le migliori carte geografiche, e topografiche delle principali città, laghi, fiumi, e fortezze del nuovo mondo con una succinta Relazione dei diversi Stabilimenti Europèi in quella parte di Globo, e principalimente dei Luoghi, che servono adesso di Teatro alla present Guerra fra i Coloni Inglesi, e la Madre Patria. Livorno MDCCLXXVII. Presso Gio. Tommaso Masi, e. comp. Con approvazione.
Pub Reference:
Phillips 1167
Pub Note:
Atlante dell'America, published by Giovanni Tommaso Masi in Livorno, 1777. Title translates to: Atlas of America. Bound in original paper boards (front cover and first quire detached). Folio format. Collation: [1] leaf of plates, 15 pages, [44] leaves of plates (25 double). Engraved frontispiece, vignette on title page, and headpiece decorating descriptive text. Maps preceded by a publisher’s preface, as well as collocated text describing each, except for the view, Quebec. Volume comprised of 44 leaves of plates, which include 39 maps and 5 views. Maps show political boundaries, cities, fortifications, roads, canals, ports, topography, vegetation, drainage, coastlines, shoals, islands and water depths. Black and white engravings. First separate edition of this Atlas of the Americas, issued on the advent of the American Revolution. The maps and text in this atlas were first issued during the French and Indian War, in Il Gazzettiere Americano, published by M. Coltenllini in Livorno in 1763. The text for that work was translated from the 1763 London American Gazeteer. Masi republished this section of that work in 1777, as interest in the Americas increased during the American Revolution. Provenance: prior ownership indicated by inscription of Andrea Verrazzani, dated 1827, on front cover.
Pub List No:
14343.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Type:
Military Atlas
Pub Maps:
44
Pub Height cm:
38
Pub Width cm:
26
Image No:
14343031.jp2
Authors:
Masi, Giovanni Tommaso
