Valley of the Po; Duchy of Mantua

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Identifier: id189892

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Scope and Contents

(Wright Italy Map No. 2)

Le Cours du Po dans Le Duche de Mantoue

[The Course of the Po in the Duchy of Mantua]

A portion of the Po River Valley cenered on Mantua. Relief shown pictorially.

Father Placide de Sainte Helene - geographer

J. Covens & C. Mortier, Amsterdam - publishers

copper engraving, hand-colored, linen backed folding map of 4 sheets

41 cm x 49 cm

1:250,000

Title in upper margin: Le cours du Po dans le Duche de Mantoue. A Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens et Corneille Mortier, Geographes.

[The course of the Po in the Duchy of Mantua. In Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens and Corneille Mortier, Geographers.]

Map appears in atlas titled : Atlas nouveau, contenant toutes les parties su Monde, ou sont exactement remarquees les empires, monarchies, royaumes, etats, republiques, &c. Par Guillaume de l'Isle. Premier Geographe de sa Majeste. A Amsterdam, Chez Jean Covens & Corneille Mortier, sur le Vygendam. 1742

Dates

Creation: circa 1675-1918

Creator

From the Collection: Wright, John Womack, 1876-1953 (Collector, Person)
From the Collection: Blaeu, Willem Janszoon, 1571-1638 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Homann, Johann Baptist, 1663-1724 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: L'Isle, Guillaume de, 1675-1726 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Lotter, Tobias Conrad, 1717-1777 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Saint Helene, Placide de (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Senex, John, d. 1740 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Seutter, Matthaeus, 1678-1756 (Cartographer, Person)
From the Collection: Visscher, Nicolaes, 1649-1702 (Cartographer, Person)

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