"Mappa topografica della città di Napoli e de' suoi contorni" (Duca di Noja 1775)

The closest approach to modern maps is the plan of the Duca di Noja, surveyed with the greatest technical effort, which completely dispenses with axonometry and any form of elevation. Instead, it shows the city and surrounding area in an orthogonal projection that extends to the ground plans of individual buildings. The ambition of this plan is manifest already in its sheer size of over four meters in width. The transcription of the legend can be found here.

1775
2340 x 4590 mm
35 plates
authors: Giovanni Carafa Duca di Noja, Nicolò Carletti
engravers: Giuseppe Aloja, Gaetano Cacace, Pietro Campana, Francesco Lamarra
25400 x 48550 pixels
markup: Grit Heidemann, Martin Raspe
source: Dresden, Sächsische Landesbibliothek, Kartensammlung, shelfmark SLUB/KS A12134-A12168