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Manuscripts
ff. 1-14v. [Francesco Ghisolfi] Latin. Contains 11 maps, etc.: 1, Blank except for decorated border and "Phillipps MS 22796" inscribed in center; 2, Western Mediterranean; 3, Table of declinations and armillary sphere; 4, the 2 hemispheres (showing western America linked to Asia); 5, Oval map of the world; 6, Planisphere with signs of zodiac and figures representing seasons; 7, Indian Ocean, Africa, Arabia, India, and part of Asia; 8, Central Mediterranean and Italy; 9, Pacific Ocean with portions of North and South America, East Indies, part of China; 10, Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea; 11, Western Mediterranean, Iberian peninsula, Northwest Africa; 12, Eastern coast of North America, South America, Atlantic Ocean, Europe (including Scandinavia), Africa, Near East; 13, World in 5 gores (decorated at top and bottom with signs of the zodiac and other figures); 14, Black Sea.
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