18th century world map showing Cook's first voyage

ZATTA, Antonio.

Il Mappamondo o sia Descrizione Generale del Globo.
Venice, 1774. Original outline colour. 285 x 390mm.

Double-hemisphere world, engraved by Zuliani after Novelli, with lettering by Barat. The four corners are filled with allegorical women representing the continents, each escorted by a large animal.
Captain Cook circumnavigated New Zealand 1769-70: the map marks his route around the world, yet the only alteration made to the pre-Cook outline of New Zealand is that it has been split into two.


Stock ID : 19033