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Portolan atlas, Italian : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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ff. 2v-20. [Battista Agnese] Latin. Contains 16 maps, etc.: f. 2v, Table of declinations; f. 3, Armillary sphere; ff. 3v-4, Zodiac; ff. 4v-5, Pacific Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Asia, and East Indies; ff. 5v-6, Atlantic Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa; ff. 6v-7, Indian Ocean, Africa, southern Asia, portion of East Indies; ff. 7v-8, Europe, including British Isles, Russia, and part of Scandinavia; ff. 8v-9, Western Mediterranean with Iberian peninsula and northwest Africa; ff. 9v-10, Central Mediterranean and Italy; ff. 10v-11, Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea; ff. 11v-12, Black Sea; ff. 12v-13, Italy and Dalmatian coast: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 13v-14, Aegean Sea; ff. 14v-15, Palestine: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 15v-16, Oval map of the world (showing 2 routes: from Spain to Peru, and around the world via the Moluccas); ff. 16v-17, Western Mediterranean and Iberian peninsula: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 17v-18, Russia: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 18v-19, Scandinavian peninsula, Iceland, part of British Isles: colored map, with inland cities and geographical features (not by Agnese); ff. 19v-20, Eastern hemisphere (unfinished).
Type
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Date
[between 1540 and 1560]
Call number
mssHM 10
Creator
Agnese, Battista (active 16th century)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance
Arms of an early owner (ca. 1600) stamped on binding and drawn on f. 2: quarterly 1 and 4, gules a cross of Toulouse, 2 and 3, gules a lion rampant crowned, on an escutcheon of pretence azure, a greyhound salient argent with inscription "Ex Dono Regis Cosme Valbelleo Balmelio" below. Owned by Cruninghen ca. 1650; this name across center of f. 2.
Restrictions
RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions
232 x 326 mm
Associated organization
Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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