Subject: North Pole
Period: 1696 (circa)
Publication:
Color: Hand Color
Size:
23.7 x 17.6 inches
60.2 x 44.7 cm
This is one of the most visually dramatic and interesting maps of the North Pole. Clouds filled with wind heads surround the title cartouche and a panel of text describing the Northern Lights is enclosed within an illustrative surround accented by a coat of arms. Coronelli forsakes any imaginary geography and maps those regions verified by exploration, with notations citing the particular voyages or explorer. Questionable regions are shown by indistinct faint engraved lines.
References: Rey, fig. 6, p. 487.
Condition: A
Very attractive old color. Minor crease at centerfold.
