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

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Description: 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.
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [between 1590 and 1610]
Call number: mssHM 34
Provenance: First chart bears pencilled letters "MHC" and "Libri 475" indicating the sale of Guglielmo Libri (1803-69), Sotheby's, 28 July 1862, n. 475 to Jackson. Sir Thomas Phillipps' n. 16406 written on first chart.
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.

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

Manuscripts

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.

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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

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

Manuscripts

ff. 15. [Joan Martines] Italian. Contains 14 maps, etc.: 1, Russia and Near East; 2, Black Sea and eastern Mediterranean; 3, Aegean Sea and eastern Mediterranean; 4, Western Mediterranean; 5, Northeastern Atlantic Ocean, including western Europe and northwestern Africa; 6, Northwestern Atlantic Ocean, including Newfoundland and portion of east coast of America; 7, West Indies, east coast of North America and north coast of South America, Central America, Mexico; 8, Northeastern South America; 9, Southern South America, including Straits of Magellan with Tierra del Fuego as an Antarctic continent; 10, Northwestern coast of South America and Central America; 11, North Pacific Ocean, including coasts of Mexico, California, Asia, and Japan; 12, West central coast of Africa; 13, Southern Africa and Madagascar; 14, Northwestern Indian Ocean, including Red Sea and Persian Gulf, parts of Africa and Arabia.

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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, French : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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