L’America secondo le ultime osservazioni divisa ne’suoi stati principali

Date

1788

Identifier

Hocken Maps122 1788

Publisher

Roma: Presso la Calcografia Camle

Abstract

Drawn in 1788 by Giovanni Maria Cassini (ca. 1745-1824), an Italian engraver, cartographer and globe-maker, this Western Hemisphere map shows all Captain Cook’s voyages. It also marks Cook’s death in the Sandwich Islands on his third voyage. Cassini produced a three-volume world atlas and some of the South Pacific maps included were based on those originally drawn by Cook himself. The cartouche drawing is meant to represent America as a young woman surrounded by native animals.

Files

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Citation

Giovanni Maria Cassini, “L’America secondo le ultime osservazioni divisa ne’suoi stati principali,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed December 25, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/index.php/items/show/6823.