Subject: Sardinia
Period: 1779 (dated)
Publication: Atlas Universel...
Color: Hand Color
Size:
18.3 x 27 inches
46.5 x 68.6 cm
This handsome map of Sardinia provides excellent detail of the island's mountainous topography. Political divisions are delineated, and towns and cities, rivers, forts, and mines of gold, iron, copper, and more are identified. Locations of battle are marked with swords and the date of the battle. A note adjacent to San Pietro Island refers to the Genoese emigrants from the colony of Tabarka in Tunisia who populated the island. Another note at top left lists the various nations that possessed the island. A decorative title cartouche adorns the top right corner.
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Condition: B+
Original outline color on a sturdy watermarked sheet with light damp stains at right and light soiling that is mostly confined to the blank margins.