West Africa, by Francesco Santini. 1776-79
Francesco and Paolo Santini (c.1729-1793)
Francesco Santini, a Venetian publisher, acquired the printing plates of Vaugondy’s Atlas Universel …, a commercial and cartographic success, with widespread influence on mapmakers throughout Europe. Together with his brother Paolo, he commissioned a new set of plates and reissued the atlas in 1776. The following year, Paolo Santini assigned all his publication rights to M. Remondini, who in 1777 reissued the same atlas but with his name.
Carte de la Guinée contenant les Isles du Cap Verd, le Senegal, la Côte de Guinée proprement dite, les Royaumes de Loango, Congo, Angola et Benguela, avec les Pays voisins autant qu ils sont connus.
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Category: Antique maps > Africa
Old, antique map of West Africa, by Paolo Santini.
Title: Carte de la Guinée contenant les Isles du Cap Verd, le Senegal, la Côte de Guinée proprement dite, les Royaumes de Loango, Congo, Angola et Benguela, avec les Pays voisins autant qu ils sont connus.
Par Bonne M.e de Mathem.
A Venise | Par François Santini 1779.
Chez Ir. Remondini.
Cartographer: Rigobert Bonne.
With inset map: 'Côte d'Or' par le Sr. d'Anville.
Date of the first edition: 1779.
Date of this map: 1776-79.
Date on map: 1779.
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 450 x 605mm (17.72 x 23.82 inches).
Verso: Blank.
Condition: Original coloured in outline, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+.
From: Atlas Universel dressé sur les meilleures cartes modernes. Venice, Remondini, 1776-79.
Francesco and Paolo Santini (c.1729-1793)
Francesco Santini, a Venetian publisher, acquired the printing plates of Vaugondy’s Atlas Universel …, a commercial and cartographic success, with widespread influence on mapmakers throughout Europe. Together with his brother Paolo, he commissioned a new set of plates and reissued the atlas in 1776. The following year, Paolo Santini assigned all his publication rights to M. Remondini, who in 1777 reissued the same atlas but with his name.
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