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Map [Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the coasts of western Europe and North America, with Madeira and the Canary Islands and part of the Baltic Sea]

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Title

  • [Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the coasts of western Europe and North America, with Madeira and the Canary Islands and part of the Baltic Sea]

Names

  • Olives, Jaume, active 1550-1566, cartographer.

Created / Published

  • En Marsela : Jaume Ollives, 1550.

Headings

  • -  Coasts--Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Black Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Europe, Western--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Harbors--Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Harbors--Black Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Black Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mediterranean Sea
  • -  Black Sea
  • -  Europe, Western
  • -  Africa, North

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Portolan charts
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Title provided by cataloger.
  • -  Pen-and-ink and gouache.
  • -  Matted and mounted between sheets of transparent lucite, 76 x 102 cm.
  • -  Irregularly shaped, with neck to the left.
  • -  Includes bar scales with unidentified divisions and many illustrations.
  • -  LC Nautical charts on vellum, 6
  • -  Purchase; Ludwig Rosenthal, Munich; 1914.

Medium

  • 1 manuscript map : color, vellum ; 57 x 79 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G5672.M4P5 1550 .O5

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2020587728

Online Format

  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Olives, Jaume, Active , Cartographer. Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the coasts of western Europe and North America, with Madeira and the Canary Islands and part of the Baltic Sea. En Marsela: Jaume Ollives, 1550. Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2020587728/.

APA citation style:

Olives, J. (1550) Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the coasts of western Europe and North America, with Madeira and the Canary Islands and part of the Baltic Sea. En Marsela: Jaume Ollives. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2020587728/.

MLA citation style:

Olives, Jaume, Active , Cartographer. Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, the coasts of western Europe and North America, with Madeira and the Canary Islands and part of the Baltic Sea. En Marsela: Jaume Ollives, 1550. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2020587728/>.