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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.

    mssHM 39

  • Portolan atlas : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], 1553

    Portolan atlas : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], 1553

    Manuscripts

    World atlas containing 10 nautical charts, table of declinations, etc.: 1. f. 1v: Circular calendar 2. f. 2v: Table of declinations 3. f. 3: Armillary sphere 4. ff. 3v-4: Zodiac with small Atlantic hemisphere in center with a central cord to be used as a pointer 5. ff. 4v-5: Pacific Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Asia, and East Indies 6. ff. 5v-6: Atlantic Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa 7. ff. 6v-7: Indian Ocean, Africa, southern Asia, and portion of East Indies 8. ff. 7v-8: British Isles, France, and northern Spain 9. ff. 8v-9: Iberian peninsula and northwest Africa 10. ff. 9v-10: Western Mediterranean and Italy 11. ff. 10v-11: Eastern Mediterranean, Italy, and Aegean Sea 12. ff. 11v-12: Black Sea 13. ff. 12v-13: Aegean Sea 14. ff. 13v-14: Oval map of the world (showing one route: around the world via the Moluccas) 15. f. 14v: Ruling for calendar.

    mssHM 27

  • 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.

    mssHM 41

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

    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.

    mssHM 35

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

    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.

    mssHM 33

  • 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.

    mssHM 32