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This map is a good depiction of the city of Venice in the year 1800. The author, John Stockdale, was born a blacksmith but then moved into making maps. | |||
The map he produced of Venice is a good depiction of the city, taking into account that he was making the map on ground level. | |||
There is a small portion of the map that is incorrect based on the size of the islands. However, the map a a whole is very detailed and through. | |||
This map has been used as a bench mark for the shape of Venice from the year 1800. | |||
The map can be seen below. | The map can be seen below. | ||
[[File:Stockdale_1800_venice_b.jpg||700px]] | [[File:Stockdale_1800_venice_b.jpg||700px]] | ||
Latest revision as of 14:53, 16 June 2014
This map is a good depiction of the city of Venice in the year 1800. The author, John Stockdale, was born a blacksmith but then moved into making maps.
The map he produced of Venice is a good depiction of the city, taking into account that he was making the map on ground level.
There is a small portion of the map that is incorrect based on the size of the islands. However, the map a a whole is very detailed and through.
This map has been used as a bench mark for the shape of Venice from the year 1800.
The map can be seen below.
