Coronelli, Vincenzo
1696

Coronelli's globe gore of the Arabian Sea, India and Maldive Islands

Coronelli's globe gore of the Arabian Sea, India and Maldive Islands

DESCRIPTION: Unusual antique hand-colored globe gore by cartographer and Franciscan monk Vincenzo Coronelli (1650 - 1718). Originally produced for Coronelli's 1688 terrestrial globe. This fine engraved gore was included inset with text in his famous island book or "Isolario" published from Venice in 1696 - 1697.

Ranging from Oman, Dubai, and Abu Dhabi, past the Strait of Hormuz and then trending southeast across Iran, Pakistan and the west coast of India this scarce cartographic curiosity includes the Maldive Islands ("Isole Maldive" ) and west coast of Sri Lanka. Among the many noted towns and villages in India are Mumbai ("Bombaim"), Hyderabad ("Golconda") , and Madurai ("Madura").

A globe gore is a 2 dimensional representation on flat paper of a curved segment of the earth's surface. The gores are characterized by their curved top, bottom, and sides. Each gore would have been carefully cut to size and then pasted on a blank globe to produce a finished globe which would have been colored. Typically 12 gores were required to complete the 360 degree circumference of the earth at the latitudes covered by the gore.

We estimate a globe created with this gore would have had a circumference of about 11 feet. (The gore covers roughtly 30 degrees of longitude or 1/12 of the earths circumference. At the equator, this gore is 11" wide giving us 11" x 12 = 132" circumference or 11 feet.)

Text on both the recto and verso is Italian. Page 113.

CREATOR: Coronelli, Vincenzo

PUBLICATION DATE: 1696

GEOGRAPHIC AREA: India

BODY OF WATER: Arabian Sea

CONDITION: Very good.  Clean and attractive on a strong sheet of watermarked, chain-laid paper.

COLORING: Attractive, careful hand color.

ENGRAVER: 

SIZE: 12 " x 15 "

ITEM PHYSICAL LOCATION: 9

PRICE: $480

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