Pacific Ocean (North) by Francesco & Paolo Santini 1776-79
Cornerstone map of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. It depicts the discoveries of the Russians in the early 18th century, including the tracks of Bering's first and second voyages, Joseph Nicolas Delisle's voyage with Capt. Tchirikow, in 1741, the track of De Frondat's voyage from China to California in 1709. The route of the Spanish Galleons from Acapulco, Mexico, to Manilla, Philippines, in 1743 is also shown.
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 des Nouvelles Decouvertes au Nord de la Mer du Sud, tant à l'Est de la Sibérie et du Kamtchatka, qu'à l'Ouest de la Nouvelle France.
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Category: Antique maps > America > North America
Old, antique map of the northern Pacific Ocean, by Francesco Santini after Philippe Buache and Guillaume Delisle.
Cartographer: Philippe Buache
First state with Remondini's imprint: engraved page numbers in the top right corner: "P.II.44".
Date of the first edition: 1778
Date of this map: 1776-79
Copper engraving, printed on paper.
Size (not including margins): 45 x 62.5cm (17.6 x 24.4 inches)
Verso: Blank
Condition: Original coloured in outline, excellent.
Condition Rating: A+
References: Wagner, #163; Schwartz-Ehrenberg, p.161, pl.94.
From: Atlas Universel dressé sur les meilleures cartes modernes. Venice, Remondini, 1776-79.
Cornerstone map of Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. It depicts the discoveries of the Russians in the early 18th century, including the tracks of Bering's first and second voyages, Joseph Nicolas Delisle's voyage with Capt. Tchirikow, in 1741, the track of De Frondat's voyage from China to California in 1709. The route of the Spanish Galleons from Acapulco, Mexico, to Manilla, Philippines, in 1743 is also shown.
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.