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Nuove Scoperte de' Russi al Nord del Mare del sud sí nell' Asia, che nell'America. Venezia 1776
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| Title | Nuove Scoperte de' Russi al Nord del Mare del sud sí nell' Asia, che nell'America. Venezia 1776 |
| Alternative Title | Nuove Scoperte de Russi al Nord del Mare del suds í nell Asia, che nell' America. |
| Detailed view (zoom) | http://content.lib.washington.edu/mapsweb/images/Viewer/NuoveScoperte1776.html |
| Cartographer | Zatta, Antonio fl. 1757-1797
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| Explorer | Chappe d'Auteroche, abbe 1728-1769
Bering, Vitus Jonassen, 1681-1741
Chirikov, Aleksei Il'ich 1703-1748
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| Century Published | 18th century
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| Publication Date | 1776 |
| Publisher | Zatta, Antonio fl. 1757-1797
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| Place of Publication | Italy--Venice |
| Original Source | Atlante Novissimo. Zatta, Antonion. 4 vols. Venice: Antonio Zatta, 1775-1785. |
| Descriptive Notes | Copper engraving handcolored with watercolor. The paper contains a watermark.
Outline color.
Relief shown by hachures.
Printed in lower left corner:
"Nuove Scoperte De' Russi al Nord del Mare del Suds í nell' Asia, che nell' America. Venezia 1776. Presso Antonio Zatta. Con Privilegio dell' Eccmo Senato."
Printed above top border in upper left:
"Atlas Universel Illustré"
Printed above top border in center:
"Le Parti del Nord-est dell' Asia, e del Nord-ouest dell' America, non erano conosciute senon per via di mere conghietture; ma dacché coll' andare dé' tempi se ne fecero rilevanti scoperte, si giunse a formare il presente nuovo sistema geografico delle Parti stesse, ch' a' 31. d.' Agosto 1774 su approvato dalla Reale Accademia delle Scienze di Parigi sperando si, che con le recent spedizioni fatte dagli Spagnoli al Nord della California, e dall' altre degl' Inglesi dalla Baja d'Hudson per enbare nel Mare del Sud per il Nord dell' America, si metteranno I Geografi in istato di dare delle nuove produzioni."
Printed in lower right is an explanation of coordinates for a Northwest Passage:
"*Luogo, in cui dagl' Inglesi fú osservato il passaggio di Venere nel 1769. a gradi 283. 27'.di Longitudine, e 58. 47'.3''2di Latitudine. Vedi Fe. Del Principe di Galles. **In questo luogo fú osservato il passaggio di Venere nel 1769 dal fú Ab. Chappe a gradi 267.59'.30".di Longitudine, e 23.36'. di Latitudine. Vedi. S. Giuseppe."
Depicts northwest North America and northeast Asia including the North Pacific Ocean, the Kamchatka Peninsula, the Aleutian Islands, California and Canada. Of note, the map shows an inaccurate depiction of northwest North America, displaying the fabled Northwest Passage. Depicts Alaska as unnamed, although it is labeled "Costa scoperta da Beering Tchirikow nel 1741." Also shows the Strait of Anian, the mythical land of Quivira, and Nuova Albione in northern California. Shows the "Bella Riviera" flowing from the interior of North America to the northwest coast. Also shows the "Fiume de lost Estrechos o Grande F. che scorre all' Ouest" flowing from the "L. Salso" or Salt Lake into the Pacific Ocean. Includes notes on exploration by Abbe (?) Chappe d'Auteroche, Bering, Tchirikov, and Cluny. The illustration in the lower left corner shows a sailing ship just off of an island inhabited by a crocodile, an elephant, and a large bird possibly an ostrich.
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Scale: c.a. 1: 25, 000, 000. |
| Contextual Notes | Antonio Zatta (fl. 1757-1797) was an Italian publisher who lived in Venice. His major works include 4 volumes of "Atlante Novissimo" (1775-85), "Europe" (1777) and "Nuovo Atlante" (1799) (Tooley, 681-2).
This particular map was published in "Atlante Novissimo" vol. 4, no. 50 (Lowery, 381, WL 581; Wheat, 225, entry 167). For the most part, Zatta follows the work of Robert de Vaugondy with the exception of including new names in the south (Wagner, entry 654, 344). The map shows a number of strange place names and apocryphal accounts from Baron Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce de Lahontan and Admiral Bartolomé de Fonte. Such information is seen in the inclusion of the "Mozemleks" and the "Gnacsitares." Portinaro and Knirsch note that the map provides an "eerily distorted…map … that purports to show the latest information gathered by the Russians and Bering about the Alaska area but it is difficult to make out what is being represented" (Portinaro and Knirsch, 250).
Source(s):
Henry E. Huntington Library. Catalog Record. Accessed 9 Feb 2009.
Lowery, Woodbury. "The Lowery Collection: A Descriptive List of Maps of the Spanish Possessions within the Present Limits of the United States, 1502-1820." Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1912.
Portinaro, Pierluigi and Franco Knirsch. "The Cartography of North America 1500-1800." New York: Facts on File, Inc., 1987.
Tooley, Ronald Vere. "Tooley's Dictionary of Mapmakers." Hertfordshire: Map Collector Publications Limited, 1979.
University of California Libraries. Catalog Record. Accessed 10 Feb 2009.
Wagner, Henry R. "The Cartography of the Northwest Coast of America to the year 1800 Volume 2." Berkeley: University of California Press, 1937.
Wheat, Carl I. "Mapping the Transmississippi West." Volume 1. San Francisco: Institute of Historical Cartography, 1957.
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| Language | Italian |
| Category | Cartographic Curiosa
Mythical Places
Quivira
Northwest Passage
Pacific Northwest
Exploration and Discovery
Alaska
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| Location Depicted | North America
United States, West
United States, Northwest
Canada
California
Alaska
Pacific Ocean
Asia, East
Russia
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| Subjects (LCSH) | North America-Maps-Early works to 1800.; Russia-Maps-Early works to 1800.; North Pacific Ocean--Maps--Early works to 1800; Chappe d'Auteroche, abbe?, 1728-1769-Travel; Bering, Vitus Jonassen 1681-1741-Travel; Chirikov, Aleksei? Il'ich, 1703-1748--Travel |
| Digital Collection | World and Regional Maps, 16th to the 19th centuries
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| Digital ID Number | MAP015 |
| Ordering Information | For information about digital reproductions, please email photos@u.washington.edu. Please cite the Digital ID number. |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division.
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| Repository Collection | Rare Map Collection. G9235 1776 Z3 (map uncataloged) |
| Object Type | Map
Engraving |
| Physical Description | 30 x 40 cm. |
| Condition | Browning around the edges. Some foxing evident on verso. Two pieces of tape on verso along top edge. Some tears along bottom edge. Tape marks in upper left and right corners. Four small holes in map in upper right corner. Color has bled through to verso. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original map at 600 dpi in TIFF format, resized and enhanced at 400 ppi using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using ContentDM's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| References | Henry E. Huntington Library. Lowery, 381, WL 584. Portinaro and Knirsch, 250, pl. CXXXIV. Wagner, 344, entry 654. Wheat, 225, entry 167. University of California Libraries. |
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