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1842. Carta Generale Dell' Antarctica

  • Carta Generale Dell' Antarctica

Carta Generale Dell' Antarctica information:

Year of creation: 
Resolution size (pixels): 
 2506x2116 px
Disk Size: 
 869012B
Number of pages: 
 1
Place: 
 Naples
Author: 

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Printing at 72 dpi 
  34.81 х 29.39
Printing at 150 dpi 
 16.71 х 14.11
Printing at 300 dpi 
 8.35 х 7.05

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Carta Generale Dell' Antarctica

Rare map of the Antarctic regions, by Neapolitan mapmaker, Benedetto Marzolla.

The map shows the tracks of South Polar Explorers, from Captain James Cook, in 1772, to Ross, in 1842. Voyages depicted are:

  • Captain James Cook 1772-1775
  • Fabian Gottlieb Thaddeus von Bellingshausen 1819-1821
  • James Weddell 1822-1823
  • John Biscoe 1830-1832
  • Peter Kemp 1833-1834
  • Jules Dumont d'Urville 1838-1840
  • John Balleny 1839
  • James Clark Ross 1841-1842

The map illstrates the tracks of the expeditions and their discoveries.

Benedetto Marzolla is one of the most important Italian cartographers of the 19th century. Active from the early 1840s to the late 1850s, this is also one of his earliest maps.


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Item information:

Year of creation:
Size:
2506x2116 px
Disk:
869012B
Number of pages:
1
Place:
Naples
Author:
Benedetto Marzolla.
$14.99

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