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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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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 Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript chart of the Mediterranean and Black seas on vellum]. Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic artifact in the Library of Congress. Title from printed label on box in which the map is housed. Pen-and-ink (red/green/brown). Matted and mounted between sheets of transparent lucite. Sheet cut into the shape...
- Date: 1320-01-01
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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 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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