A very unusual 'vertical' map of Italy

RIZZI-ZANNONI, Giovanni Antonio.

Italy from the Original Map by G. A. Rizzi Zannoni. Engraved for The Classical Tour through Italy, By the Rev.d J.C. Eustace.
London: J. Mawman, 1814. Some original outline colour. Total 1010 x 420mm.

Bottom margin repaired, binding fold flattened.

An interesting map of Italy based on Rizzi-Zannoni's 'Nuova Carta dell'Italia' of 1802, on an unusual projection that removes the west-east slant of the peninsula.
The author, John Chetwood Eustace (1762-1815), was a catholic priest who travelled through Italy in 1802, taking advantage of the short Peace of Amiens. A red line marks his 'Grand Tour'. He died of malaria in Naples.


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