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

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  • Portolan atlas, Portuguese : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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

    Manuscripts

    ff. 40. [Fernão Vaz Dourado]. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. Contains 17 maps, etc.: 1, Southern South America; 2, Eastern South America from the Amazon to the La Plata River; 3, West Indies, Central America, part of Mexico, and southeastern United States; 4, Newfoundland and east coast of North America; 5, Scandinavia and northwestern Europe; 6, Eastern Mediterranean, Black Sea, and Caspian Sea; 7, Western Mediterranean, Europe, and northern Africa; 8, Northwestern Africa; 9, Southern Africa and Madagascar; 10, Indian Ocean (western part); 11, Eastern Africa, Arabia, and India; 12, Southeast China, Japan, East Indies (northern part); 13, East Indies; 14, East Indies (eastern part); 15, West coast of North America; 16, West coast of United States and Mexico; 17, West coast of South America from Ecuador to northern Chile; 18, Cosmographical data, as described in PMC, 3:15 and reproduced in pl. 276.

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  • Portolan atlas, Spanish : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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

    Manuscripts

    ff. 15. [Bartolomeo Olives]. [Portolan atlas]. Spanish. Attribution to Bartolomeo Olives and to Majorca by H. R. Wagner. Contains 14 maps, etc.: 1, Southern South America; 2, Northeastern South America; 3, West Indies, Central America, part of Mexico and northern South America; 4, Newfoundland and neighboring coast; 5, North Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland, coasts of Portugal and part of Africa; 6, Eastern Mediterranean, Aegean Sea, Black Sea; 7, Central Mediterranean; 8, Western Mediterranean and western Europe, including British Isles; 9, Northeast coast of Africa; 10, West central coast of Africa; 11, South Africa and Madagascar; 12, Red Sea, Arabia, and part of Africa; 13, India and Indian Ocean; 14, East Indies, including a large "Java Maior" (Australia?) and coast of Asia.

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

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

    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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  • Portolan atlas, Portuguese : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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

    Manuscripts

    ff. 9. [Bartolomeu Velho]. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. Contains 16 maps, etc.: f. 1, Tables of solar declinations; f. 1v, Tables of solar declinations and cosmographical data, as described in PMC 2:108-09 and reproduced on pl. 236; f. 2, Western coast of United States and Mexico; f. 2v, South America (southern portion); f. 3, Central America and northwest coast of South America; f. 3v, West Indies and surrounding coasts; f. 4, North Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland, Ireland; f. 4v, Northern South America, portion of West Indies, Newfoundland; f. 5, Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea; f. 5v, Spain and Portugal, west coast of Africa; f. 6, Western and central Europe (including Iceland and Scandinavia) and northwestern Africa; f. 6v, Western Africa and Gulf of Guinea; f. 7, India, Arabia, and portion of eastern Africa; f. 7v, Southeast coast of Africa and islands of Indian Ocean; f. 8, Southwest coast of Africa and southern Atlantic Ocean; f. 8v, Brazil and southern Atlantic Ocean; f. 9, Indochina and East Indies; f. 9v, Japan and portion of East Indies.

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  • Portolan atlas : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], 1547

    Portolan atlas : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], 1547

    Manuscripts

    1. ff. 1-4v: Enssuyt le Regime et Gouvernement du Solleil: Preliminary sheets of nautical information and tables of declinations). ff. 5v-34: 15 portolan charts of: 1, "Terra Java" (east coast of Australia?); 2, "La Jave" (north coast of Australia?), East Indies, part of Asia; 3, "Terra Java" (west coast of Australia?); 4, Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf; 5, Southern Africa and southwest Indian Ocean; 6, Atlantic Ocean with coast of Africa and Brazil; 7, Northwest Africa; 8, Europe and northern Africa; 9, North America, east coast; 10, West Indies, Mexico, Central America, northern South America; 11, Northeastern South America; 12, Southeastern South America, Straits of Magellan; 13, Western Europe and northwestern Africa; 14, Adriatic Sea (by a different cartographer); 15, Aegean Sea (same cartographer as chart 14).

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  • Portolan atlas, Portuguese : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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

    Manuscripts

    ff. 1-181v. [Portolan atlas]. Portuguese. Contains 18 maps, etc.: ff. 25v-26, Black Sea, Anatolia; ff. 28v-29, Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf; ff. 31v-32, Southern South America; ff. 34v-35, Northwest South America, Central America, and West Indies; ff. 37v-38, East coast of South America; ff. 40v-41, East coast of North America and West Indies; ff. 43v-44, North coast of South America, east coast of North America and West Indies; ff. 46v-47, Mediterranean and eastern Europe; ff. 49v-50, Northern Atlantic Ocean, European coast, Greenland, Iceland; ff. 52v-53, Northwest Africa, Mediterranean area, southern Europe; ff. 55v-56, South Atlantic Ocean, southern Africa; ff. 58v-59, Southern Africa and southwest Indian Ocean; ff. 61v-62, Arabia, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf; ff. 64v-65, Northern Indian Ocean, India; ff. 67v-68, Southern portion of east coast of Asia, part of East Indies; ff. 70v-71, Northern portion of east coast of Asia, part of East Indies; ff. 73v-74, Western coast of United States and Mexico; ff. 76v-77, Southern portion of west coast of Mexico and Central America. Laid in: Unrelated black ink map of Mexico City and environs, made after 1652, 313 x 430 mm., in Spanish.

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