A new map of Italy distinguishing all the sovereignties in it, whether states, kingdoms, dutchies, principalities, republicks, &c : with the post roads, and many remarks not extant in any map

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A new map of Italy distinguishing all the sovereignties in it, whether states, kingdoms, dutchies, principalities, republicks, &c

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Title:
A new map of Italy distinguishing all the sovereignties in it, whether states, kingdoms, dutchies, principalities, republicks, &c : with the post roads, and many remarks not extant in any map
Description:
During the Renaissance, Italy was a nation of separate city-states, regions that were loyal to either the Spanish crown or the Pope in Rome. Italian culture was also transitioning from a medieval way of life, to a modern one where people could own businesses, although there remained a large gap between the aristocracy and the working-class. The map displayed here shows how Italy was divided in the early 18th century. Each of these regions had a distinct culture, which would have been known to Shakespeare and his contemporaries through a variety of literary and historical sources. The Bard set eleven of his plays in Italy.
Creator:
Moll, Herman, d. 1732
Name on Item:
according to ye newest and most exact observations by H. Moll.
Date:
1714
Format:
Maps/Atlases
Location:
Boston Public Library
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
Collection (local):
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center Collection
Subjects:
Volcanoes--Italy--Pictorial works--Early works to 1800
Italy--Maps--Early works to 1800
Eugene, of Savoy, Prince of Savoy, 1663-1736
Places:
Italy
Extent:
1 map : hand col. ; 60 x 99 cm.
Terms of Use:
No known copyright restrictions.
No known restrictions on use.
Publisher:
London : Printed for H. Moll ... Jno. Bowles ... and T. Bowles ... and by Philip Overton ... and by John King
Scale:
Scale [1:1,850,000]
Language:
English
Latin
Notes:
Relief shown pictorially.
Prime meridians: London and Ferro.
Inset views: A cataract of air in Mount Aeolius in Italy -- Mont Vesuvius two leagues from Naples -- Mount Aetna or Mongibello in Sicily beeing a true draught of ye eruption in 1669.
Includes dedication to Francisco Eugenio Sabaudiae and notes.
Copy 2 appears in Moll's The world described, [1709-1736], plate 27.
Map in English. Dedication in Latin.
Exhibited in “Faces and Places,” at the Boston Public Library, Boston, MA, October 2003 - September 2004. MB (BRL)
Notes (exhibitions):
Exhibited: "Shakespeare’s Here and Everywhere" organized by the Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library, 2016-2017.
Identifier:
06_01_009682
Call #:
G6710 1714 .M65
Barcode:
30000002782774