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Fine map of the Northern Hemisphere by Antonio Zatta, based largely on the work of De Vaugondy in 1774.
This map is especially interesting for its treatment of the Polar regions and West Coast of North America. Zatta includes most of the mythical/conjectural Northwest Passage bay/river which was later debunked and re-written by Cook.
Antonio Zatta (fl. 1757-1797) was a prominent Italian editor, cartographer, and publisher. Little is known about his life beyond his many surviving published works. It is possible that he was born as early as 1722 and lived as late as 1804. He lived in Venice and his work flourished between 1757 and 1797. He is best known for his atlas, Atlante Novissimo (1779-1785), and for his prolific output of prints and books that were both precisely made and aesthetically pleasing. Zatta clearly had a large network from which to draw information; this is how he was able to publish the first glimpse of the islands visited by Captain Cook in the Atlante Novissimo. Zatta also published books of plays and architecture.
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