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Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean and Connecting Seas 1550

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Old manuscript map / portolan chart / early map of Mediterranean Sea.

  • Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Does not cover Black Sea.
  • Title devised by cataloguer.
  • Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys).
  • Contains 11 compass roses in a circle centered on Sicily, 2 additional roses in Iberia, and rhumb lines connecting all roses and some central points without roses.
  • Manuscript: pen-and-ink (brown) and dark watercolors.
  • Includes 4 scale bars (unidentified) and a large compass rose at top (in neck of sheet) containing a drawing of the Madonna and Child.

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1550

Early Maps

Early Works To 1800

Manuscript Maps

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Maps

Mediterranean Sea

Portolan Charts

Seaports

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