A stunning map of Northern Italy by John Pinkerton.  Depicts from Switzerland to Corsica and from France to Venit Istria.  Includes Tuscany, Piedmont, Mont Blanc, Genoa, Luca, Milan, Umbria, and the Venetian States.  Offers extraordinary detail throughout noting mountain ranges, river systems, cities, towns, mineral resources, and other natural and unnatural features. Drawn by L. Herbert and engraved by Samuel Neele under the direction of John Pinkerton.  The map comes from the scarce American edition of Pinkerton’s Modern Atlas, published by Thomas Dobson &amp; Co. of Philadelphia in 1818.
<bdi><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:John_Pinkerton" class="extiw" title="w:en:John Pinkerton"><span title="British antiquarian">John Pinkerton</span></a>
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<p>1818 (undated) Since Istria is described as bipartite, Austrian and Venit Istria, the borders on this map are not from 1818 but correlating with the pre napoleon frontiers of 1794. Venit Istria was in this time part of the Serene Republic of Venice and only became part of the austrian monarchy by the Peace Treaty of Campoformio 17th of Octobre 1797 signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Francis 2nd.
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The year of 1818 mentioned is the year of publication!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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