Giovanni Antonio Rizzi-Zannoni, 1736-1814.
The multi talented
Rizzi-Zannoni (mathematician, astronomer, land surveyor,.
), Geographer to the Venetian Republique, was soon appointed
Hydrographer to the Dépôt de la Marine in Paris.
Under the influence of the head of the Dépôt (J N Bellin till
1772), he perfected his style of great accuracy and meticulous
detail.
At Bellin's death, he was passed over for the top position,
and the very prolific R Bonne took over the Dépôt. Rizzi soon
moved back to his native Italy.
Most of his works
were published in France, such as "Atlas Géographique" in
1762, "Atlas Historique de la France" and "Le Petit Neptune
François" in 1765. After 1792, he published in Naples maps
of Italian provinces.
Carte geo-hydrographique du golfe du Mexique et de ses
isles..
This large
map (17 ¾ " X 12 7/16") seems to have been prepared for a
1787 edition of the 1776 Jean Lattre's "Atlas Moderne", to
which both Janvier and Bonne were the main contributors.
Late editions of said atlas are known to incorporate significant
new maps of the North American continent, specially for the
US, Mexico and the Gulf.
The
map spectacular
delineation of the coast lines dates a little; the Florida
archipelago representation in particular had already been
abandoned by cartographers such as Bonne as early as in 1780.
But otherwise, it is characterized by the minutia that Rizzi-Zannoni
always brought to his works.
Notice that longitudes are given west of the meridian of Paris,
as it was then customary in France.
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