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John Cary: A New Map of Piedmont, the Duchies of Savoy and Milan; and the Republic of Genoa; with their Subdivisions.   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL)  Create new Wikidata item based on this file)
Artist
John Cary  (–1835)  wikidata:Q3446124 s:en:Author:John Cary
 
Alternative names
J. Cary
Description cartographer, engraver, mapseller, printseller and graphic artist
Date of birth/death 23 February 1755 / 1754 Edit this at Wikidata 16 August 1835 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Corsley Mortlake
Work period 1788 / 1793 / 1797 Edit this at Wikidata
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London Edit this at Wikidata
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artist QS:P170,Q3446124
Title
A New Map of Piedmont, the Duchies of Savoy and Milan; and the Republic of Genoa; with their Subdivisions.
Description
English: An exceptional example of John Cary’s important 1799 map of Piedmont. Extends from Lake Geneva in the north southward as far as Nice and eastward as far as Parma, Italy. Predates the Italian solidarity movement of the mid 19th century. Includes the old Italian Duchy of Milan, the Province of Turn, they city-state of Nice, and the Republic of Genoa, among others. Color coded according to district. All in all, one of the most interesting and attractive atlas maps of Piedmont to appear in first years of the 19th century. Prepared in 1799 by John Cary for issue in his magnificent 1808 New Universal Atlas .
Date 1799 (dated)
Dimensions height: 18.5 in (46.9 cm); width: 20.5 in (52 cm)
dimensions QS:P2048,18.5U218593
dimensions QS:P2049,20.5U218593
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Geographicus link: Piedmont-cary-1799
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Cary, John, Cary's New Universal Atlas, containing distinct maps of all the principal states and kingdoms throughout the World. From the latest and best authorities extant. London: Printed for J. Cary, Engraver and Map-seller, No. 181, near Norfolk Street, Strand, 1808.

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