1706 (dated)
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Description
This is Hubert Jaillot's magnificent 1703/06 map of the Kingdom of Naples. Jaillot, along with the rest of the mapmaking establishment, appears to be largely following the model set by Magini nearly a century before; his depiction of the islands of Tremiti suggest that his direct source - as with many of Jaillot's maps - was an Italy map produced by Nicolas Sanson. The present map, however, is engraved on a larger scale, and has superior detail to any Sanson we have handled. Moreover, Jaillot's map improves on nearly all of its predecessors by the correction of the Gulf of Taranto - here lacking the spurious island of 'M. Sardo' appearing on virtually every map based on the Magini.