Nouvelle Mappe Monde dediee au progres de nos connoissances / Francois Santini.

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Title

Nouvelle Mappe Monde dediee au progres de nos connoissances / Francois Santini.

Main Entry - Personal Name

Santini, Francesco. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no2009059127 http://viaf.org/viaf/sourceID/LC|no2009059127

Published

Venise : Chez Francois Santini, [1776]

Description

1 map : col. ; 2 hemispheres each 31,2 cm. in diam., on sheet 53 x 72 cm.

Note

"A Venise Chez Francois Santini, rue Ste. Justine pres la dite Eglise."

A 'view from space' of the earth's hemispheres; the hemispheres selected are the maritime and terrestrial hemispheres, or 'water' and 'land' hemispheres.

This map is quite rare in having the land and water hemispheres as the main subject; these are usually supplementing polar or equatorial views of the world.

Probably from Paolo Santini's Atlas Universel, between 1776 and 1781.

Includes 350-word commentary on why the oblique south polar and north polar views were chosen. The terrestrial hemisphere, we are told, is not centred on Paris and the Paris meridian purely for patriotic reasons, but according to scientific principles.

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term

World maps To 1800. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85148208

Map Data

Scale [ca. 1:64,000,000]. (W 180°00'00"--E 180°00'00"/N 90°00'00"--S 90°00'00")

Coded Cartographic Mathematical Data

a 64000000 W1800000 E1800000 N0900000 S0900000

Local note

Accession no. 8720.

Preservation no. 2009.073.

Scan Date

2012-04-25

Record No.

006864330

Technical Details

Collection

UM Clark Library Maps

Image Size

12512 x 8624

File Size

14 MB

Record

006864330

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