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Map[Portolan chart showing the east coast of North America from the Caribbean to Newfoundland]
Title from dealer's description: Manuscript portolan of the North American coast from Texas to Labrador Shows geographic discoveries made by Jacques Cartier during his voyages to Canada in 1534 to 1536. Title provided by cataloger. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on vellum. Attributed to Bartolomeu Velho. This chart, found in England in 1961 in a 17th century binding, is the upper left section of a larger map. Includes many coastal place names, images of three flags, and bar scale without legible...- Contributor: Velho, Bartolomeu
- Date: 1560
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Map[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents]. Also shows the southeast Pacific Ocean, the southwest Indian Ocean, as well as the continents of South America, Africa, Europe, and portions of North America and Asia. Relief shown pictorially. Title supplied by cataloger. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 16 LC Luso-Hispanic World, 10 Pen-and-ink and watercolor, matted and mounted between panels of transparent Lucite plexiglass; the panels are riveted on a rigid frame...
- Contributor: Roiz, Pascoal
- Date: 1633-01-01