Territory of Ravenna - Vincenzo Maria Coronelli - Original from 1690

Description: Territory of Ravenna(Ravenna) This is a rare, original, colored copper engraved map of the area around Ravenna Vincenzo Maria Coronelli around 1690. Title: Territorio di Ravenna cicé Parte Meridionale di Quelle'Arcivescovato / Descritta et Dedicata Dal Padre Maestro Coronelli, Lettore Publico e cosmografo della SS Republica di Venetiaarea or Location: Ravenna in ItalyCartographer: Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (1650 - 1718)Year: around 1690Size of the plate area: approx. 45cm 60cm Technology: Copperplate engraving Condition (Perfect/ Very Good/ Good/ Fair/ Fair/ Poor): In good condition. Repair and addition of the lower edge in the area of the front fold. Remarks: The map shows the territory of the city of Ravenna, supplemented by various coats of arms of neighboring areas and a city view of Ravenna at the bottom left. Vincenzo Maria (or Marco) Coronelli (* 16. August 1650 in Venice; † 9. December 1718 in Venice) was a famous cartographer, cosmographer and maker of globes. He was born the son of a tailor and completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. In 1665 he joined the Franciscan Minorites and went to the monastery of San Nicoletto. At 16 he published a perpetual calendar. In Rome he studied theology, mathematics and cosmography and received his doctorate in theology in 1673. He then became a provincial order in Venice. In 1678 he went to Parma and became secretary to Duke Ranuccio II. Farnese. He created a pair of globes for him with a diameter of 175 cm, which has not survived. From 1681 to 1683 he made two huge globes in Paris, a terrestrial and a celestial globe, with a diameter of 384 cm for the French King Louis XIV. to. They are now owned by the French National Library, in the entrance area of the Bibliothéque François-Mitterrand. In 1684 he returned to Venice. That year, Coronelli founded the world's first geographical society, the Accademia cosmografica degli argonauti, chaired by Doge Marcantonio Giustinian. In 1685 he was appointed cosmographer of the Republic of Venice. In 1693 his society already had 261 members, including the Polish King Jan Sobieski. He traveled to Paris again to create scaled-down replicas of the globes with Jean Baptiste Nolin. The smallest ones had a diameter of 8.5 cm and served as travel globes; larger ones could be dismantled. In 1691 he published the Atlante Veneto in Venice, a work of 200 maps with detailed descriptions in the format 60 * 40 cm. In 1692 and 1694 he published his two-volume main geographical work, the Corso geografico universale, or sia la terra divisa nelle sue parti.[1] It consisted of 260 cards measuring 40.5 * 51 cm. From 1696 to 1697 he continued the Atlante Veneto with his Isolario, which was dedicated to the Mediterranean. In 1696 he traveled through the empire to London. Vincenzo Maria Coronelli also created the first encyclopedia in Italian; the Biblioteca universale sacro-profana. It was published in Venice between 1701 and 1706, but remained incomplete. Of the work, which was originally planned to consist of 45 volumes with 300,000 keywords, only the first seven volumes (A-Caque) with 35,000 keywords were published. It is considered a model for the French encyclopedists. He was also interested in hydrology. He developed plans for the regulation of the Adige, the protection of the Venice Lagoon, and for bridges and canals. He is also considered a possible inventor of the dry dock. Coronelli proposed protecting the island of Pellestrina with a wall of stone blocks. He did not live to see the construction of the “murazzi” under the architect Bernardino Zendrini. From 1701 to 1704 Coronelli was General of the Order of the Minorites, but was dismissed by Pope Clement XI. discontinued. In 1717 he was appointed by Emperor Charles VI. appointed to Vienna to develop plans for the regulation of the Danube. He received the title of Commissario Perpetuo del Danubio. Coronelli died on the 9th. December 1718 at the age of 68 at his desk in Venice. (Quote Wikipedia) - - - International buyers welcome. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask. - - -For the search engine: view map engraving--- On request, we will be happy to issue you a free certificate of authenticity ------ If you wish, we will gladly provide a certificate of authenticity free of charge ---dewabitVincenzo Maria (or Marco) Coronelli (* 16. August 1650 in Venice; † 9. December 1718 in Venice) was a famous cartographer, cosmographer and maker of globes. He was born the son of a tailor and completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter. In 1665 he joined the Franciscan Minorites and went to the monastery of San Nicoletto. At 16 he published a perpetual calendar. In Rome he studied theology, mathematics and cosmography and received his doctorate in theology in 1673. He then became a provincial order in Venice. In 1678 he went to Parma and became secretary to Duke Ranuccio II. Farnese. He created a pair of globes for him with a diameter of 175 cm, which has not survived. From 1681 to 1683 he made two huge globes in Paris, a terrestrial and a celestial globe, with a diameter of 384 cm for the

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