cartography


the science and practice of mapmaking

TRANSLATION

Kartographie

STATISTICS

IN THE PRESS

"The Eternal City, 1748 Edition - In 1748, the Italian surveyor and architect Giambattista Nolli presented his extraordinarily detailed map of Rome to Pope Benedict XIV... the map... is not only a definitive record of the city, but a benchmark in the history of CARTOGRAPHY."

(New York Times Book Review)

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