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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 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, 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 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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