Map [Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript chart of the Mediterranean and Black seas on vellum].

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Title

  • [Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript chart of the Mediterranean and Black seas on vellum].

Created / Published

  • [between 1320 and 1350]

Headings

  • -  Coasts--Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Coasts--Black Sea--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

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Portolan charts
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  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 of an irregular rectangle.
  • -  Imperfect: Vertically fold-lined at center, cracked, annotated in pencil on verso.
  • -  Includes bar scale with unidentified divisions.
  • -  The green rhumb lines on the recto are also visible on the verso.
  • -  LC Nautical charts on vellum 3
  • -  Purchase; Ludwig Rosenthal, Munich; 1914.

Medium

  • 1 ms. map : vellum ; 43 x 59 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G5672.M4P5 13-- .P6

Repository

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

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2003630429

Online Format

  • image

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Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean Sea Ca. 1320 to 1350: Manuscript Chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas on Vellum. [Between 1320 and 1350, 1320] Map. https://www.loc.gov/item/2003630429/.

APA citation style:

(1320) Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean Sea Ca. 1320 to 1350: Manuscript Chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas on Vellum. [Between 1320 and 1350] [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2003630429/.

MLA citation style:

Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean Sea Ca. 1320 to 1350: Manuscript Chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas on Vellum. [Between 1320 and 1350, 1320] Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2003630429/>.