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Portolan charts : [manuscript]

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Description: ff. 1-3v: [Salvator Oliva, two nautical charts: 1, Mediterranean; 2, Western coast of Europe and northwestern Africa].
Type: Manuscripts(Opens in new tab)
Date: [1619]
Call number: mssHM 2515
Creator: Oliva, Salvator(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Sale of the library of Abate Luigi Celotti, Sotheby's, 14 March 1825, lot 207. A sale catalogue slip affixed to front pastedown describes a "...map of the World on three leaves." Since this volume also contains the Mediterranean chart made by Estienne Bremond (HM 31) which forms the third leaf and since neither is a "World map," the sale catalogue entry either was carelessly made or the slip actually refers to a different portolan chart and was erroneously placed in this volume. This volume may instead have been lot 210 or lot 283 in the Celotti sale: both numbers are pencilled on the pastedown. Number 391 on back pastedown refers to Cochrane's sale of the library of Frederick North, 5th Earl of Guilford, to Sir Thomas Phillipps, 8 December 1830 as dated by A. N. L. Munby, The Formation of the Phillipps Library up to the Year 1840, Phillipps Studies (Cambridge 1951-60) 3:56. Front pastedown bears his number "Phillipps MS 6360."
Restrictions: RESTRICTED. Available with curatorial approval. Requires extended retrieval and delivery time.
Dimensions: 286 x 404 mm
Associated people: Celotti, Luigi, (approximately 1768-approximately 1846,); North, Frederick, (1766-1827,); Phillipps, Thomas, (1792-1872,)
Associated organization: Henry E. Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.
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Portolan atlas : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], approximately 1540

Manuscripts

World atlas containing 10 nautical charts, table of declinations: 1. f. 1v: Table of declinations 2. ff. 2v-3: Zodiac (incomplete) 3. ff. 3v-4: Pacific Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Asia, and East Indies 4. ff. 4v-5: Atlantic Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa 5. ff. 5v-6: Indian Ocean, Africa, and southern Asia 6. ff. 6v-7: British Isles and central Europe 7. ff. 7v-8: Iberian peninsula and northwest Africa 8. ff. 8v-9: Western Mediterranean 9. ff. 9v-10: Central Mediterranean and Italy 10. ff. 10v-11: Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea 11. ff. 11v-12: Black Sea 12. ff. 12v-13: Oval map of the world (showing 3 routes: Northwest Passage, route from Spain to Peru, and around the world via the Moluccas).

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Portolan atlas : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], approximately 1540

Manuscripts

World atlas containing 11 nautical charts, table of declinations, etc.: 1. f. 2v: Table of declinations 2. f. 3: Armillary sphere 3. ff. 3v-4: Zodiac 4. ff. 4v-5: Pacific Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Asia, and East Indies 5. ff. 5v-6: Atlantic Ocean with portions of North America, South America, Europe, and Africa 6. ff. 6v-7: Indian Ocean, Africa, and southern Asia 7. ff. 7v-8: British Isles and central Europe 8. ff. 8v-9: Iberian peninsula and northwest Africa 9. ff. 9v-10: Western Mediterranean 10. ff. 10v-11: Central Mediterranean and Italy 11. ff. 11v-12: Eastern Mediterranean area and Aegean Sea 12. ff. 12v-13: Black Sea 13. ff. 13v-14: Oval map of the world (showing 2 routes: from Spain to Peru, and around the world via the Moluccas) 14. ff. 14v-15: Atlantic hemisphere with Antarctic continent (incomplete)

mssHM 26

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).

mssHM 29

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 : [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]

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 charts : [manuscript]

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