Print Description
Globe Gore of the Arabian Sea from Goa … Originally engraved to be pasted onto a globe in 1688. It shows the Arabian Sea from Oman to Sri Lanka, with a roundel with a text describing how to sail from Goa to Madagascar and the Cape of Good Hope. Under the map and on verso is an Italian text. Rare.
Made by after an anonymous artist.
Medium: engraving on a sheet with letter press on hand laid (verge) paper.
Sheet size: 36.5 x 49 cm (14.37 x 19.29 inch). Image size: 30 x 28 cm. (11.81 x 11.02 inch).
Condition: good, given age. Some restorations in the margins and below, not affecting map. General age-related toning and/or occasional minor defects from handling. Please study scan carefully.
ARABIAN SEA-INDIA-GOA-MALDIVES-GLOBE | DP-A1-002-05
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Original antique map by Coronelli published in: ‘Isolario Dell’Atlante Vento.’ by P. Coronelli.’ published in Venice 1690.
Biography engraver: Vincenzo Maria (Padre) Coronelli (1650-1718): Father Corronelli was a Franciscan priest, who spend most of his life in Venice. He was a noted theologian and was appointed as Father General of his order in 1699. At that time he was already famous as a mathematician, cartographer and globe maker. He was very infuential, compiled and engraved over 500 maps. His most well known work is the 2-volume ‘Atlante Veneto’ but is is equally well known for his very large terrestrial and celestial globes. One, 15 feet in diameter he made for Louis XIV of France.
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