MAP OF THE REPUBLIC RAGUSA AND MAP OF THE QUARNERO BAY

Inventory number 581

Original title: Le Gouvernement de Raguse. Cherso, et Ossoro Isole del Quarner : estant une Partie de Dalmatie, avec quelques isles / Tres Exactement mis en escrit par le Pere Corneille

Publishing year: 1730

Place of publishing and publisher: Amsterdam

Format: 49 x 30 cm

Technique: Partially coloured copper engraving

On the same sheet there are two maps, one of the Republic of Dubrovnik and below it a map of the Kvarner Bay with the islands of Cres (Cherso) and Lošinj (Isola d’Ossoro). The map of Dubrovnik's estates is a rather rare representation of that part of the southern eastern Adriatic coast, especially from the workshop of Venetian cartographers. Even the border of the land estates of the Republic of Dubrovnik towards the Ottoman hinterland (Confini dello Stato) was drawn, as well as the coat of arms of the patron saint of St. Vlaho (St. Blasius). The maritime borders between the Dubrovnik and Venetian estates were not drawn. The wider area of the Venetian estates from Hvar and Korčula with Lastovo and Mljet (I. de Meleda) to Venetian Albania on the mainland coast is shown. At the same time, a map is described which is very similar to Coronelli's map of Dubrovnik from the Atlanta Veneto atlas entitled Stato di Ragusi: Bocca del Fiume Narenta, Isole di Lesina e Curzola nella Dalmatia prosedutte Dalla Serenissima Republica di Venetia / P. [Vincenzo Maria] Coronelli., with the inventory number 163. In the lower part of the sheet on the second map there are the Kvarner islands (Cres and Lošinj) with the southeastern part of the Istrian coast, with a description and dedication to the famous inhabitant of Cres located below the lower edge (Cherso et Ossoro Isole del Quarner Dedicate Al Molto Reu Pre Maestro Gio Antonio Petris Lettore di Filosofia in the College of Bologna). A compass rose is centrally located on both maps as a tool for more precise orientation. Below each of the maps is a separate graphic scale. This cartographic product of the Venetian cartographer Coronelli was published in the Amsterdam workshop of Peter Schenk Jr. (Nunc apud Petrum Schenk Jun.).

SCHENK, PETER

PETER SCHENK Sr. (ca. 1660-1711) was a Dutch publisher from Amsterdam who bought Janssonius and some other engraved copper plates in the late 17th century. This enabled him to specialize in the technique of copperplate engraving and he was known for issuing maps and graphics. In his workshop, he also published the works of some other cartographers, such as Coronelli's maps of the eastern Adriatic. He was succeeded by three sons, including Peter the Younger, who moved the business to Leipzig, and Leonard and Jan, who continued the tradition of the workshop in Amsterdam.