The affairs of Sicily, an island of ancient humanism with a multi-century history, are linked to the main European events; For this reason, a multi-level reading of its map depictions allows you to read in the watermark the whole history of Western culture from scientific and technological innovations to artistic, engraving and typographical innovations, from the developments of astronomy and geography to economic events , Politicians and military. All of the European dynastic crises are reflected in some images of the island, as in a series of maps, for example, a small propaganda poster spread during the Messina revolt of 1674 and following the French intervention of the following year ; Again, between 1719 and 1734, during the important dynasties of the island from Savoy, the Habsburgs and the Bourbons, there is an intensification of the production of images in a few years, giving rise to unusual and amazing representations of the island Like that of Schmettau from the years 1719-21. A kind of war has also fought on the scientific side for the definition of the island's coordinates within the Mediterranean and the variations of the longitude of this sea are all recorded in island papers. The ancient Ptolemaic coordinates, established in the 2nd century, stand out in the entire production range of Geographia since 1477 (date of the first print on the island) at the beginning of the 18th century. Each astronomer, geographer or cartographer makes changes to the island's coordinates depending on the observations they have: some of them like Gastaldi (1545), Mercator (1589) or Magini (1620) move places as though they were subject to cataclysms Geologic, and create models that last for decades and over the centuries. The island's printing maps often change based on the use of sources and historical data rather than direct observations on places: Miinster, Gastaldi, Mercator, Janssonius, Danville and many other geographers have never set foot on the Island and yet their cards are milestones in the representation of Sicily. This tells him long on the false concept of cartography, or vedutism, understood as 'truthful' or faithful representations of reality. The best cards are often a schedule that sometimes only through the use of own philology tools can be read at all levels of information. Almost all the cards are a coacervo of sources, literary, graphic, descriptive, oral, myths and direct observations, all blended according to the propensity or sensitivity of the cartographer. This publication wants to put in order the enormous cartographic print production on Sicily, never fully filed, and suggest new and different historical research approaches describing over 300 island maps produced between 1477, Sicily's first printed paper and 1861 , Dates of the Unification of Italy and the birth of a national topographic institute that will detect and design the island in every minute detail. Seven introductory essays, written by experts in the various subjects covered, ranging from the geographical tradition of Ptolemy, to the engraving between Venice and Rome in the 15th century, the Isolari etc. Will introduce the 'traveler' to multiple reading of these fascinating graphic documents.
...MoreReview Meritxell Gisbert Traveria (2017) Review of "Sicilia 1477-1861: La collezione Spagnolo-Patermo in quattro secoli di cartografia". Imago Mundi: A Review of Early Cartography (pp. 126-127).
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