Antique Globe Gore Map of the North Pole

Globe gore by Vincenzo Maria Coronelli shows the North Pole with the coasts of Canada, Greenland, Scandinavia and Siberia, and is decorated with pictorial scenes of bear, seal and whale hunters. The globe gore is based on the north part of Coronelli’s large terrestrial globe for Louis XIV.

Condition: Good. General age-related toning. Minor wear and soiling. Please study image carefully.

Date: c.1692

Overall size: 68 x 49 cm.