Vincenzo Maria Coronelli. Globe gore of Atlantic Ocean, Spain, Portugal, West Coast of Africa, England. Venice, 1698.

Vincenzo Maria Coronelli (Venetian, 1650–1718)
Globe Gore of the Atlantic Ocean, Spain, Portugal, West Coast of Africa, and England
Venice, 1698
Engraving on paper
[Sheet size: 19 3/4 x 13 3/8 in.]

This striking 1698 globe gore by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli, one of the most celebrated cosmographers of the Baroque era, was designed as part of his monumental 3.5-foot terrestrial globes—among the largest and most scientifically advanced of their time. Covering the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent coasts of Europe and Africa, the engraving showcases Coronelli’s extraordinary precision and artistic flair, with coastal outlines, place names, and navigational details rendered with scholarly rigor. Intended for assembly into a full spherical globe, this segment offers a rare and tangible piece of early modern scientific instrumentation, revealing the geographic knowledge and global ambition of late 17th-century Venice.