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Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650-1718) was one of the most influential Italian mapmakers and was known especially for his globes and atlases. The son of a tailor, Vincenzo was apprenticed to a xylographer (a wood block engraver) at a young age. At fifteen he became a novice in a Franciscan monastery. At sixteen he published his first book, the first of 140 publications he would write in his lifetime. The order recognized his intellectual ability and saw him educated in Venice and Rome. He earned a doctorate in theology, but also studied astronomy. By the late 1670s, he was working on geography and was commissioned to create a set of globes for the Duke of Parma. These globes were five feet in diameter. The Parma globes led to Coronelli being named theologian to the Duke and receiving a bigger commission, this one from Louis XIV of France. Coronelli moved to Paris for two years to construct the King’s huge globes, which are 12.5 feet in diameter and weigh 2 tons.

The globes for the French King led to a craze for Coronelli’s work and he traveled Europe making globes for the ultra-elite. By 1705, he had returned to Venice. There, he founded the first geographical society, the Accademia Cosmografica degli Argonauti and was named Cosmographer of the Republic of Venice. He died in 1718.


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Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
Size:
36 x 25.5 inches (if joined)
Condition:
VG
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35083
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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34477
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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34714
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24.5 x 18 inches each
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VG+
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35307
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Venice / 1690 circa
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17.75 x 11 inches
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VG
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35421
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Venice / 1690 circa
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34.5 x 24 inches (if joined)
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VG
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35426
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Venice / 1690 circa
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17.75 x 12 inches
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VG+
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35451
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Venice / 1690 circa
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23 x 18 inches (each)
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VG+
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35365
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Venice / 1690 circa
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13 x 18 inches
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VG
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35571
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 17 inches
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VG+
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35665
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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13 x 10 inches
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VG+
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35844
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690
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24 x 33 inches
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VG+
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37824
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
Size:
24 x 18 inches
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VG+
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38862
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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13 x 18 inches
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VG
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36024
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Venice / 1690 circa
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10 x 15.5 inches
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VG+
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36053
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 (if joined)
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35 x 24 inches (if joined)
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VG+
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36054
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Venice / 1690 circa
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18.5 x 9.5 inches
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36085
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Venice / 1690
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35.5 x 23.5 inches (if joined)
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35989
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Venice / 1690 circa
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18 x 24 inches
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36168
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Venice / 1690 circa
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12 x 9 inches
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VG
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36288
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 17.5 inches
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VG
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36253
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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36225
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 17.5 inches
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VG
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36506
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 17 inches
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VG+
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36621
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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37239
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 (1720 ca)
Size:
34.5 x 24 inches (if joined)
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VG
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37715
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690
Size:
24 x 17.5 inches
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VG+
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37880
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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40507
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches (each sheet)
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VG
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39448
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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39527
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Venice / 1690 circa
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47 x 18 inches
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VG+
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40431mp2
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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40866
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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12 x 12 inches
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VG
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41337
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Venice / 1690 circa
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29 x 19 inches
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VG
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43872mp2
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
Size:
24 x 18 inches
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VG+
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41665
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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41671
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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42723
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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42975
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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43059
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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VG
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43706
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Venice / 1690 circa
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34.5 x 24 inches
Condition:
VG+
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44791
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Venice / 1690 circa
Size:
23.5 x 17.5 inches
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43927
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Venice / 1690 circa
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24 x 18 inches
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45452
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Venice / 1690 circa
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23.5 x 17.5 inches
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VG+
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50548
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
Size:
18.5 x 43 inches
Condition:
VG+
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44755
Place/Date:
Venice / 1690 circa
Size:
24 x 18 inches
Condition:
VG+
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45073