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Antonio Zatta: Il Paese De' Selvaggi Outagamiani E Kiliustinesi Intorno Al Lago Superiore [With inset of Florida]
Title: Il Paese De' Selvaggi Outagamiani E Kiliustinesi Intorno Al Lago Superiore [With inset of Florida] Map Maker: Antonio Zatta
Description: Important early map of Lake Superior and environs, with a a large inset of the Southern part of Florida and the Bahamas. T he map, while issued separately as part of Zatta's Atlante Novissimo, is actually one of 12 sections comprising the Italian edition of Mitchell's map of North America. The Italian edition is richly illustrated with annotations not found on the English edition of the Mitchell. The map's scale is identical to the Mitchell. John Mitchell's map of North America was the single most important American map of the 18th Century and is the foundation for virtually all boundary disputes and treaties beginning with the French & Indian War. It was drawn from the first available English and Indigenous surveys and includes remarkable detail regarding towns, roads, rivers, mountains and other regional features.
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