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Bilder Giuseppe Pazzi / Giuseppe Maria Terreni - Mexico - Map of Acapulco
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”Pianta del Porto d'Acapulco Sopra la Costa de Messico nel Mar del Sud..”
This attractive small plan of the walled fort, town, and bay of Acapulco includes numerous soundings in the bay. A lettered key locates fourteen features on plan. A fleur-de-lis orients the map with north to the left, and the plan is surrounded in an engraved picture-frame style border.
Hand-coloured antique map originates from the Marco Coltellini’s ”ll Gazzettiere americano contenente un distinto ragguaglio di tutte le parti del Nuovo Mondo della loro situazione, clima, terreno, prodotti, stato antico e moderno, merci...”, Italian edition. The work was published in Livorno, 1763.
Marco Coltellini was an Italian author and editor known for his work on geographical and descriptive publications. He played a significant role in compiling and editing "Il Gazzettiere Americano," a detailed account of various parts of the New World.
Artist or Maker
Giuseppe Pazzi / Giuseppe Maria Terreni
Medium
Hand-coloured engraving
Date
1763
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