Antonio FLORIANUS (1656-1721). [World Map]. 1555 Medici CHARLES WILKES

CHARLES WILKES

the Venetian Senate granted Antonio Floriano of Udine a privilege (the Renaissance equivalent of a copyright) to publish this map of the world

Framed size: 33 3/4 x 45"

primarily Guillaume Delisle's "Carte du Canada" 1703 and "Carte de la Louisiana et Cours du Mississippi" 1718

Antonio FLORIANUS (1656-1721). [World Map]. 1555 Medici CHARLES WILKESAntonio FLORIANUS (1656 1721) [World Map] Venice, c. 1555 Sheet: 21 12 x 36, framed: 33 x 47 12 Engraved map Untitled double hemisphere map constructed on a polar projections, with each hemisphere cut into thirty six gores, in the manner of printed globes John Rennie Short description: In the early sixteenth century the Venetian Empire was at its greatest extent. It was a trading empire that carried goods throughout the Mediterranean, across Europe