Collection Items
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Map[Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, western Europe, and the northwest coast of Africa]. Title supplied by cataloger. Attributed to Joan Oliva by John Wolter in A portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and western European waters, with a world map, 1987. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on vellum. World map painted on paper affixed to vellum. Six blank paper pages precede and follow the 10 vellum pages of maps. Circular watermarks on pp. [3] and [19]. Bound in contemporary...
- Contributor: Oliva, Joan
- Date: 1590-01-01
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Map[Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, northwest Europe, and northwest Africa] Title supplied by cataloger. Pen-and-ink on vellum. Statement of responsibility from leaf 8, the map of the Black Sea. Bound in red velvet. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 11 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Purchase; Ludwig Rosenthal, Munich; 1914.
- Contributor: Scotto, Giacomo
- Date: 1590-01-01
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Map[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, and the coasts of Europe and northwest Africa]. Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Contains 4 compass roses in a circle centered in Italy to the north of Rome and half of a fifth on the trimmed center left edge. Pen-and ink in brown, red, and green, with possible traces of gilding. The chart appears to have been cropped at the left and possibly the...
- Date: 1500-01-01
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Map[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coast of Spain and Portugal] Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title provided by cataloguer. Fragmentary signature on upper right portion leading into neck reads "Io Placid...". Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 10 small and 4 large compass roses centered on Sicily. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 14 Pen-and-ink and goauche, with traces of gilding. Includes 2 scale bars in unidentified...
- Contributor: Oliva, Placido
- Date: 1580-01-01
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Map[Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea and western part of the Black Sea] ; [Portolan chart of the Aegean Sea and part of the Mediterranean Sea including Crete]
Portolan chart of the Aegean Sea and part of the Mediterranean Sea including Crete | Mediterranean Sea charts 1640 Shows names of harbors along the coastlines of the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and adjoining waters. Relief shown pictorially on the Mediterranean Sea chart. Statement of attribution from the Aegean Sea chart. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Titles devised by cataloguer. Aegean Sea chart oriented with north to the right. The 2 charts are half-joined at...- Contributor: Cavallini, Giovanni Battista
- Date: 1640-01-01
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Map[Chart of the Mediterranean, the coast of Portugal, and the northwest coast of Africa] Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right. Contains 16 wind roses. Creator could be Giovanni Battista Cavallini, his son Pietro, or the Cavallini workshop. Pen-and-ink and goauche. Includes 3 bar scales in unidentified units and many illustrations throughout. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 20 Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
- Contributor: Cavallini, Giovanni Battista
- Date: 1678-01-01
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MapDissegno topografo del Canale di Cattaro con il confine de Castelnovo e Risano Relief shown pictorially. Pen-and-ink and watercolors. Oriented with north toward the upper right. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Indexed.
- Contributor: Grimani, Giouanni
- Date: 1701-01-01