Carta de' Paesi situati sul Mare del Sud da Panama fino a Guajaquil

Reference: S10363
Author William Robertson
Year: 1780 ca.
Zone: Colombia
Printed: Pise
Measures: 250 x 390 mm
€100.00

Reference: S10363
Author William Robertson
Year: 1780 ca.
Zone: Colombia
Printed: Pise
Measures: 250 x 390 mm
€100.00

Description

Map taken from the Storia dell'America" by William Robertson, Francesco Pieraccini, Pisa, 1780.

The Italian edition of the "History of the Discovery and Settlement of America" (1777), the most important study of the Central and South America of the XVIII Century.

Copperplate, with fine later hand colour, very good condition.

William Robertson (Edimburgo 1721- 1793)

William Robertson FRSE FSA Scot (19 September 1721 – 11 June 1793) was a Scottish historian, minister in the Church of Scotland, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. "The thirty years during which [he] presided over the University perhaps represent the highest point in its history."[1] He made significant contributions to the writing of Scottish history and the history of Spain and Spanish America.

William Robertson (Edimburgo 1721- 1793)

William Robertson FRSE FSA Scot (19 September 1721 – 11 June 1793) was a Scottish historian, minister in the Church of Scotland, and Principal of the University of Edinburgh. "The thirty years during which [he] presided over the University perhaps represent the highest point in its history."[1] He made significant contributions to the writing of Scottish history and the history of Spain and Spanish America.