Notas sobre un atlas manuscrito inédito siciliano de 1707
ISSN: 1827-3416, 1827-3416
Year of publication: 2018
Issue: 26-27
Pages: 33-42
Type: Article
More publications in: LEXICON: Storie e Architettura in Sicilia
Abstract
This paper investigates an unpublished manuscript atlas of the kingdom of Sicily composed of seven drawings and entitled Carta corographica del Reyno de Sicilia con los Planos de sus Principales Plazas el año 1707. After examining the cartographic production of Sicily under the influence of the Spanish empire, the study focuses on the analysis of the Atlas itself. The set of the plans offers information of high strategic and military level. The cartouches and the drawings that constitute the Atlas allows binding its creation to the military culture of the time