Petrini World Map 1700 Acrylic Print

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Map of the world by Paolo Petrini, 1700.

This double-hemisphere world map by Neapolitan mapmaker Paolo Petrini represents the high point of geographic printing in Naples at the end of the 17th Century.

The hemispheres are surrounded by finely engraved allegorical images. This map is an original composition, although his cartographic sources can be traced to important French and Italian sources. Eastern North America is reasonably well-defined, with all five of the Great Lakes, the Mississippi River, alifornia is shown to be a large island, while in the Pacific Northwest, the coast curves inwards to include the mythical Strait of Anian. South America takes on an exaggerated, widened form, although the Andes and major rivers are depicted with a broad degree of accuracy.

Much of the rest of the world and the nomenclature, were taken from the 1694 wall map of the world by the French Geographer Royale, Nicolas de Fer. Europe is naturally well-defined and Africa assumes...

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