Greenland & the North Pole – Antique Polar Map by V.M. Coronelli, c.1692

€ 1 290

One of a kind: this is the sheet in the photographs. Ships from Langweer, the Netherlands.

Date: 1692
Mapmaker / artist: Vincenzo Coronelli (Artist)
Technique: Engraved
Sheet size: 49 × 68 cm (19.3 × 26.8 in)
Condition: Good
Reference: BG-00874

Condition

Minor fading. Good condition with some toning mostly in the margins. Please study images carefully.

About this sheet

Globe gore by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli shows the North Pole with the coasts of Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia and Siberia, and is decorated with pictorial scenes of bear, seal and whale hunters. The globe gore is based on the north part of Coronelli’s large terrestrial globe for Louis XIV.