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

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Description: ff. 7. [Pietro Cavallini]. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. 1, Western Mediterranean including Spain, Portugal, and northwest Africa; 2, Central Mediterranean including Italy and north African coast; 3, Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea; 4, Sicily; 5, Sardinia; 6, Corsica.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1677]
Call number: mssHM 38
Creator: Cavallini, Pietro (active 1654-1688)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Black circular stamp "MN" of the Niccolini Collection in Florence on front flyleaf. Sold ca. 1825 by John Cochran to Sir Thomas Phillipps whose n. 3020 and Middle Hill stamp are on the frontispiece.

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

Manuscripts

ff. 5. [Portolan atlas]. Italian; French. Of anonymous production. Contains: 1, West central Mediterranean (Sicily, part of Sardinia, coast of Algeria, Tunisia, and Libya); 2, West central Mediterranean (eastern coast of Spain, Balearic Islands, France, and Algeria; 3, Italy and neighboring coasts; 4, Aegean Sea; 5, Western Mediterranean; 6, Eastern Mediterranean.

mssHM 34

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

Manuscripts

ff. 2. [Jean François Roussin]. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. 1, Entire Mediterranean area; 2, Aegean Sea; 3, Adriatic Sea.

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Portolan atlas, engraved, with manuscript additions : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

Manuscripts

ff. 8. [Marcheto Fassoi] [Portolan atlas]. Italian. 1, Western Mediterranean; 2, Adriatic Sea; 3, Aegean Sea; 4, Eastern Mediterranean.

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

Manuscripts

ff. 7. [João Freire]. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. 1, Baltic Sea and Scandinavian peninsula; 2, Western Europe and part of northern Africa; 3, Mediterranean from Gibraltar to Aegean Sea; 4, Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea; 5, Atlantic Ocean, northwest coast of Africa, and Portugal; 6, Gulf of Guinea and West African coast; 7, North Atlantic Ocean, Newfoundland and neighboring coast.

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

Manuscripts

2 sheets. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. 1, Mediterranean Sea; 2, Aegean Sea.

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

Manuscripts

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).

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

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