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SANSON, NICOLAS: MAP OF THE ADRIATIC SEA

SANSON, NICOLAS: MAP OF THE ADRIATIC SEA

Inventory number 215
Original title: Le Golfe de Venise avec ses Principaux Caps, Promontories et Ports de Mer. Dressé sur les Memories les plus Nouveaux du Pére Coronelli, et autres; Par le Seigneur Sanson, Geographe du Roy
Publishing year: 1696
Place of publishing and publisher: Paris
Format: 55,5 x 74 cm
Technique: Coloured copper engraving

This Coronelli-Sanson’s map published in the atlas of Hubert Jailolt “Atlas Noveau…” made at the request of Louis XIV King of France displays the dedication to the noted Venetian cartographer Coronelli on whose earlier map it was based. The map shows the Adriatic Sea and the Republic of Venice, comprising all of Dalmatia under its administration at that period. The Adriatic Sea is identified as “Golf of Venice” (Golfe de Venise) being that at one time its customarily used name. In accordance with its title, the author placed his greatest attention to the representation of ports and promontories. The concept that is also confirmed by the plans of all major Adriatic ports featured around the title cartouche including the following Croatian ports: Dubrovnik (Ragusa), Šibenik (Sibenik), Trogir (Trau), Zadar (Zara), Korčula (Curzola), Pula (Pola), Split (Spalato), Senj (Segna) i Hvar (Liesina). Despite the fact that the map has been primarily intended for nautical use, the island and coastal profiles of the Croatian side of the Adriatic are shown with many faults. Particular attention was given to the map’s graphic design. The title is enclosed within a sumptuous baroque cartouche embellished with the plans of towns out of which the most prominent is the view of Venice. The mileage scale is in the upper right corner of the map also contained in a very decorative cartouche displaying the flags of the defeated countries (Ottoman) and the Venetian lion as its dominant features.

SANSON, NICOLAS
NICOLAS SANSON (1600-1667), one of the most important French cartographers of the early Modern World. He was the first one whom was given the title of a royal cartographer, and he is considered the father of French Cartography. He is also one of the first French cartographers who issued map images of the Croatian lands. The first Sanson's atlas appeared in 1654. The second one and the most famous of Sanson's atlases "Cartes generales de toutes les parties du monde" appeared in 1658. The second edition of this atlas was published as early as in 1664.
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