Andrea Scacciati
Gulf of St. Lawrence, 1763
10 x 8 in
26.5 x 20.5zx cm
26.5 x 20.5zx cm
CAN3072
Italian map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the surrounding Canadian Maritimes. The peculiar overprinting on this map suggests that it was not based on Bellin but rather on...
Italian map of the Gulf of St. Lawrence and the surrounding Canadian Maritimes.
The peculiar overprinting on this map suggests that it was not based on Bellin but rather on a different unidentified map maker. Simultaneously, the geographical outlines seems to be a little more primitive than that of contemporary Bellin maps. Despite this, the map is attractively engraved.
It appeared in the "Gazettiere Americano", a work issued at the end of the Seven Years War, focusing on the New World, particularly the West Indies and North America. It was edited by Marco Coltellini in Livorno and the maps are based on mixture of French and English maps. Jacques Nicholas Bellin was the main French source while the English maps seem to be sourced from several 18th century gazetteers including the Gentleman's Magazine, the London Magazine and the Universal Magazine. The cartographers usually associated with these publications were John Gibson, Emanuel Bowen and his apprentice Thomas Kitchin and Thomas Jefferys. [CAN3072]
The peculiar overprinting on this map suggests that it was not based on Bellin but rather on a different unidentified map maker. Simultaneously, the geographical outlines seems to be a little more primitive than that of contemporary Bellin maps. Despite this, the map is attractively engraved.
It appeared in the "Gazettiere Americano", a work issued at the end of the Seven Years War, focusing on the New World, particularly the West Indies and North America. It was edited by Marco Coltellini in Livorno and the maps are based on mixture of French and English maps. Jacques Nicholas Bellin was the main French source while the English maps seem to be sourced from several 18th century gazetteers including the Gentleman's Magazine, the London Magazine and the Universal Magazine. The cartographers usually associated with these publications were John Gibson, Emanuel Bowen and his apprentice Thomas Kitchin and Thomas Jefferys. [CAN3072]
