Italy & c

A fine 1799 map of Italy by the English map publisher Clement Cruttwell. Shows the entire country including the islands of Sicily, Sardinia, and Corsica, and Malta. Includes the regions Piedmont, Savoy, Allesandrine, Parma, Venice, Genoa, Modena, Tuscany, the States of the Church, and Naples. At this juncture in time Italy was becoming an important part of the “European Grand Tour” a period in which foreign, mostly British, aristocrats toured France, Italy and Greece to appreciate their arts, cultures, and monuments. The cities of Venice and Rome were the major attractions for these visiting dignitaries, with Naples, Florence, Turin, Sicily, and Milan growing in popularity over the years. Includes rivers, political boundaries, important cities, ports and gulfs. Mountains and other topographical features shown by profile. Outline color and fine copper plate engraving in the minimalist English style prevalent in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. Drawn by Clement Cruttwell and published in the 1799 Atlas to Cruttwell's Gazetteer.

Date

1799

Place

Italy

Archive

Wikimedia Commons

Type

map

Original size

3,500 × 2,999 pixels

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