Detail View: Old Maps Collection: Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and small part of the Bay of Bengal
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Barcode:
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3687800354613B
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Title:
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Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, Caspian Sea, Red Sea, Persian Gulf and small part of the Bay of Bengal
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Original Title:
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[Mer Méditerranée, Mer Noire, Mer Caspienne, Mer Rouge, Golfe Persique et petite partie du Golfe de Bengale]
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Contributor:
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Homem, Diogo, ca. 1520-1576, cartographer
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Category:
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Sea Charts
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Type:
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Manuscripts
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Language:
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Portuguese
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Language:
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Latin
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Create Year:
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[ca. 1558]
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Format:
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JPEG 2000, 13227 × 9794, 18MB
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Page No.:
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4
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Scale:
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Scale not given.
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
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54 x 77 cm, on sheet 73 x 95 cm
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Note:
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These sheet belongs to an atlas, or rather a group of unfinished 8 loose sheets, attributed to Diogo Homem; making it his work about which more has been written. Even not signed the work is clearly Homem's and is actually one which presents features not found in any other in his vast series of works. It is in fact the only work where he uses Portuguese and Latin, the former he never once used it again in any other of his works, even though it was his native language. This chart is the least complete of the atlas and is very badly preserved. It depicts the Middle East extending from the East Mediterranean (M. Judaico) and Black Sea (Mar Maior) with the Caspian Sea until a small part of Gulf of Bengal. There are a few toponyms on the map but north of the Caspian Sea, it was kept blank.
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Note:
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Original is a manuscript sheet on vellum from an Atlas by Diogo Homem, 60 x 83 cm.
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Note:
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Title from provenance library.
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Note:
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There are five 32- point compasses roses on the chart, with a fleur-de-lis indicating north. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are in black, the half-winds in green and the quarter-winds in red.
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Note:
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Tropic of Cancer and Climate Zone line in red.
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Note:
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Place names in red and black.
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Note:
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Map in Portuguese and Latin.
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Note:
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Map outlined in double fillet.
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Subject:
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Charts
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Geographic Area:
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Middle East
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Geographic Area:
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Caspian Sea
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Relation Note:
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[4]
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Pub Title:
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[Atlas nautique portugais].
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Pub Author:
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Homem, Diogo, ca. 1520-1576.
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Pub Year:
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[ca. 1558]
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Pub location:
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[S.l.]
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Provenance:
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Bibliothèque Nationale de France
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Provenance:
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https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40611727x
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Provenance Call No.:
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GE C-5086 (1 RES)
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MUST holding:
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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/reglfj/alma991003024549805076
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