COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Rizzi Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio (1736-1814)
Date:
1860
Short Title:
No. 31. Reggio, Messina, Gerace
Publisher:
Giuseppe Guerra
Publisher Location:
Naples
Type:
Case Map
Obj Height cm:
53
Obj Width cm:
76
Scale 1:
114,000
Note:
Uncolored map. Relief shown pictorially. Prime meridian is Napoli. Title of plates supplied by cataloger.
Reference:
tooley, P.51; Lexikon zur Geschichte der Kartographie vol.2, pp.675-676.
Country:
Italy
Region:
Sicily (Italy)
Subject:
Railroad
Full Title:
No. 31. (Reggio, Messina, Gerace). Gius. Guerra inc. Nap. 1788. (to accompany) Atlante geografico del regno di Napoli 1808 (1860).
List No:
10572.032
Page No:
31
Series No:
32
Engraver or Printer:
Parisi, Giuseppe
Engraver or Printer:
Colletta, P.
Engraver or Printer:
Laperuta, L.
Engraver or Printer:
Guerra, Giuseppe
Publication Author:
Rizzi Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio (1736-1814)
Pub Date:
1860
Pub Title:
Atlante geografico del regno di Napoli compito e rettificato sotto I felici auspicj di Giuseppe Napoleone I, re di Napoli, e di Sicilia, Principe francese e grand' elettore dell' impero da Gio. Antonio Rizzi-Zannoni Direttore del Gabinetto Topografico della M.S. Nel 1808. Gius. Guerra inc. Nap. 1806. (with) Untitled map of northern Italy. (and) Carta del’ itinerarj militari da Bologna a tutto il Regno di Napoli ordinata da S.M Giuseppe Napoleone I. diretta dal Gen. Div. Parisi costruita da P. Colletta Ten. Cotto del Genio’. Leop. Laperuta, dis. Gius. Guerra inc.
Pub Reference:
tooley, P.51; Lexikon zur Geschichte der Kartographie vol.2, pp.675-676.
Pub Note:
This is probably the last edition of Rizzin Zannoni's Atlante Geografico del Regno di Napoli, first issued in 1808 (see our 6854.000). Date is estimated at 1860 based on the railroad development. Sheets are in case map form, backed on linen and folded. Rizzi Zannoni (1736-1814) worked for over 20 years in Naples, first as a Geographer of the King and then director of the Topographical Office in Naples in 1781. The maps are based on trigonometric survey and represent a new level of accuracy for Italian mapping. The Cassini projection is used. Title vignette on plate 2. Original dates of the plates are given next to the engraver (Giuseppe Guerra) and were published between 1788 and 1812. This last edition is important for showing the extent of the railroad construction in southern Italy. With views of different sailing ships on each plate Relief shown pictorially. Many dark black lines are added to this edition which represent roads suitable for carriages, and roads with dotted lines are under construction. "There are four railroads shown: Isoletta - Napoli, Caserta - S. Severino, Napoli - Castellamare, Napoli - Vietri. Vietri and Isoletta are useful in dating the map because the first Italian Railroads Napoli - Portici (1839) arrived to Vietri in the 1860. At the same time it is interesting to note the situation of the station of Isoletta, the last one to the north, in the area where there was the border state between Stato Pontificio and Regno delle Due Sicilie. The Regno delle Due Sicilie ended in1861 so it is another proof for dating the map to 1860." (Francesco Tippini, 2020)
Pub List No:
10572.000
Pub Type:
Regional Atlas
Pub Maps:
32
Pub Height cm:
38
Pub Width cm:
14
Image No:
10572032.jp2
Authors:
Rizzi Zannoni, Giovanni Antonio (1736-1814)
Link To Source
No. 31. Reggio, Messina, Gerace
