Map Image 2 of Mapamondi.

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Title
Mapamondi.
Contributor Names
Cresques, Abraham, -1387.
Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Created / Published
Barcelona : [s.n.], 1959.
Subject Headings
-  Atlases--Early works to 1800--Facsimiles
-  Nautical charts--Early works to 1800
-  Geography, Medieval--Early works to 1800
-  Manuscripts, Catalan--Facsimiles
-  Early maps--Facsimiles
-  Earth
Notes
-  Relief and depths shown pictorially.
-  Title from first word of descriptive text on first facsim. leaf.
-  Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
-  In Catalan; introd.; uncaptioned in Spanish by J. Vernet and D. Romano.
-  Traditionally attributed to A. Cresques, with the possible collaboration of his son, J. Cresques.
-  Facsim. of the 1375 ed. of the Catalan atlas, slightly reduced, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, known as "Atlas catalan de 1375."
-  Issued as portfolio.
-  Illuminated by hand in color and gold leaf.
Medium
1 atlas (1 leaf, 6 leaves of plates) : col. maps ; 69 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
G1001 .C7 1959
Repository
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g3200m.gct00215
Library of Congress Control Number
2010587630
Online Format
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Description
Relief and depths shown pictorially. Title from first word of descriptive text on first facsim. leaf. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. In Catalan; introd.; uncaptioned in Spanish by J. Vernet and D. Romano. Traditionally attributed to A. Cresques, with the possible collaboration of his son, J. Cresques. Facsim. of the 1375 ed. of the Catalan atlas, slightly reduced, in the Bibliothèque Nationale, known as "Atlas catalan de 1375." Issued as portfolio. Illuminated by hand in color and gold leaf.
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Cresques, Abraham, -1387, and Bibliothèque Nationale De France. Mapamondi. [Barcelona: S.N, 1959] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2010587630/.

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Cresques, A. & Bibliothèque Nationale De France. (1959) Mapamondi. [Barcelona: S.N] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2010587630/.

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Cresques, Abraham, -1387, and Bibliothèque Nationale De France. Mapamondi. [Barcelona: S.N, 1959] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2010587630/>.