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Portolan chart, English : [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 ; 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 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 atlas, French : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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

    Manuscripts

    ff. 2. [Estienne Bremond]. [Portolan atlas]. Latin. Nautical chart of the Aegean Sea made by Estienne Bremond; bound with 2 charts by Salvator Oliva (numbered HM 2515, q.v.).

    mssHM 31

  • Portolan chart : [manuscript]

    Portolan chart : [manuscript]

    Manuscripts

    f. 1. [Nautical chart of west coast of Europe from southern Scotland to Cape Palmas on the coast of Africa].

    mssHM 2098

  • Portolan atlas : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], 1547

    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