Colonia del Capo di Buonasperanza. / Marzolla, Benedetto; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) / 1847

Colonia del Capo di Buonasperanza. Marzolla, Benedetto; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain), 1847

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Full Title: Colonia del Capo di Buonasperanza. Questa Carta fa parte dell'Atlante che si pubblica da B. Marzolla, ed e stata eseguita su quella pubblicata in Londra in Aprile 1834, sotto la direzione della Societa per la diffusione delle utili conoscenze ... Napoli 1847.

Author: Marzolla, Benedetto; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

Date: 1847

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Author: Marzolla, Benedetto; Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain)

Date: 1847

Short Title: Colonia del Capo di Buonasperanza.

Publisher: Naples: (B. Marzolla).

Type: Atlas Map

Object Height cm: 45

Object Width cm: 50

Scale 1: 4,750,000

Note: Lithographed map. Hand col. Relief shown by hachures. Inset maps: Contorni del Capo -- Distritto di Giorgio -- Contorni della Citta di Graham -- Citta del Capo. Includes notes.

Country: South Africa

City: Cape Town (South Africa)

List No: 4714.036

Page No: 36

Series No: 38

Published In: (Atlante Geografico. Napoli, Benedetto Marzolla, 1856)

Publication Author: Marzolla, Benedetto

Publication Date: 1856

Publication Reference: Valerio, V. Atlanti Napoletani (1806-1860); Valerio, V. Società Uomini e Istituzioni cartografiche nel Mezzogiorno d'Italia; Benedetto Marzolla Disegnatore e Cartografo Brindisino, Atti del Convegno Settimana della Cartografia, Liceo Classico B. Marzolla Brindisi, 5-10 maggio 1997; Tooley Dictionary p.423; Wheat, C.I. Maps of the Calif. gold region, 191; Wheat, C.I. Mapping the transmississippi West, 714, 673.

Publication Note: This is a very attractive and scarce atlas by a cartographer from Naples. Not in Phillips or British Museum. Marzolla prints extensive notes with his maps, listing his cartographic sources and giving political and statistical information on the areas covered. No title page (probably issued that way) and with a manuscript list of contents. The map of "Nuova California" is based on the Hypolite Ferry map of 1850 and is discussed by Wheat. The maps are dated from 1840 to 1856. Outline color. The covers are brown paper covered boards with a leather spine embossed with "Marzolla. Atlante geografico. G.B." in gilt.

Publication List No: 4714.000

Publication Type: World Atlas

Publication Maps: 49

Publication Height cm: 51

Publication Width cm: 39

Image No: 4714036

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