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Portolan chart : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]



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  • Portolan chart, French : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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

    Manuscripts

    f. 1. [Portolan chart]. French. Nautical chart of west coast of Spitsbergen.

    mssHM 47

  • Portolan chart : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

    Portolan chart : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    f. 1: [Portolan atlas]

    mssHM 1548

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

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

    Manuscripts

    f. 1. [Joannes Oliva]. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. Nautical chart of Mediterranean Sea and Europe, including the British Isles and Scandinavia.

    mssHM 40

  • Portolan chart ; Nautical almanac, French : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

    Portolan chart ; Nautical almanac, French : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    Part 1. f. 1. [Guillaume Brouscon]. [Portolan chart]. Latin. World chart, which includes America and a large "Terra Java" (Australia?). Chart was originally folded and bound into front of the accompanying volume (here as Part 2 of this description) by an extension which bears a coat of arms. Part 2. ff. 1-20v. [Guillaume Brouscon]. [Nautical almanac]. Latin. ff. 1-4v, Tide tables in circular diagrams; f. 5, Diagram of the Rule of the North Star combined with the Rule to Raise or Lay 1° of Latitude; f. 5v, Chart of coast of northern Spain and western France showing ports linked to compass rose by weaving lines to indicate tides; f. 6, Chart of north coast of France, Flanders, Germany and Denmark with weaving lines as on preceding chart; f. 6v, Chart of England and Scotland with weaving lines as on preceding charts; f. 7, Chart of Ireland with weaving lines as on preceding charts; ff. 7v-8, Calendar of moveable feasts; ff. 8v-11, Vertical calendar of fixed feasts; f. 11v, Compass card; f. 12r-v, Star clock; ff. 13-20v, Solar declination tables for 4 year cycle.

    mssHM 46

  • Portolan chart : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], approximately 1502

    Portolan chart : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], approximately 1502

    Manuscripts

    Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in square capitals; land masses outlined in color with islands painted in blue or red, gold or silver; 12 compass roses with the usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red, and green ink for principal directions; double latitude scales (numbered 5° higher on right than on left) and double equator (to compensate for magnetic variation), no longitude; distance is indicated by a series of small circles in lower right corner; decorated with a few figures and vignettes (very faded). Unbound: originally a rolled chart, now flattened. Parchment, f. 1 (full skin); 585 x 942 including left extension (map size, 530 x 772) mm. Top and bottom border decorated with gold in trellis pattern, latitude scales form borders at left and right. Also widely known as the "King-Hamy Portolan chart".

    mssHM 45

  • Portolan chart, English : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

    Portolan chart, English : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    f. 1. [Andew Welch] Latin. Nautical chart of east coast of North and South America from the St. Lawrence River to the Amazon. Possibly part of London, British Library, Add. 31858.

    mssHM 43