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

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Description: 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).
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Date: 1547
Call number: mssHM 29

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

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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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World atlas containing 15 nautical charts, tables of declinations, etc. Probably made in Dieppe, France either by a Portuguese cartographer or based on a Portuguese prototype, judging from the Portuguese influence on the geographical names. Nicolas Vallard de Dipeppe was probably the first owner. Sir Thomas Phillipps also owned the original atlas. The charts include: Terra Java [east coast of Australia?] -- La Java [north coast of Australia?, East Indies and part of Asia] -- Terra Java [west coast of Australia?] -- [Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf] -- [Southern Africa and southwest Indian Ocean] -- [Atlantic Ocean with the coast of Africa and Brazil] -- [Northwest Africa] -- [Europe and northern Africa] -- [North America and Canada, east coast] -- [West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America] -- [Northeastern South America] -- [Southeastern South America and Straits of Magellan] -- [Western Europe and northwestern Africa] -- [Adriatic Sea] -- [Agean Sea].

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

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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]

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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, Portuguese : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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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 : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], 1547

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