Gulf of Mexico and West Indies

RIZZI-ZANNONI, Giovanni Antonio.

Carte Geo-Hydrographique du Golfe du Mexique et de ses Isles.
Paris, Lattré, 1782. Original colour with additions. 320 x 455mm.

The Gulf of Mexico and the West Indies, with a rococo title cartouche.

Rizzi-Zannoni had a distinguished career: in 1757 he had assisted in the surveying of the boundary of the French and English possessions in North America; he became Chief Hydrographer of the Dépôt de la Marine and later the Geographer to the Republic of Venice.


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