COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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MUST~2~2
Old Maps Collection
Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354662F
identifier
3687800354662F
Barcode
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Title:
Nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
title
Nautical chart of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
Title
false
Original Title:
[Carte marine de la mer Méditerranée et de la mer Noire]
full_title
[Carte marine de la mer Méditerranée et de la mer Noire]
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Roselli, Pietro, fl. 1446-1489, cartographer
contributor
Roselli, Pietro, fl. 1446-1489, cartographer
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
false
Language:
Catalan
language
Catalan
Language
false
Create Year:
[ca. 1466]
date
[ca. 1466]
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG 2000, 8942 × 7678, 11MB
format
JPEG 2000, 8942 × 7678, 11MB
Format
false
Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
false
Note:
Pietro Roselli is believed to be a Catalan cartographer and hydrographer working in Italy. This chart depicts Central and Eastern Mediterranean from the Balearic Islands to the Asian coastline of the Mediterranean and northern Red Sea. On land are displayed rivers with tributaries, Jordan lakes, Danube islands. he map has been cut off a fragment on the left edge and cropped on the right and bottom, was found in the binding of notarial deeds kept in the Archives départementales du Vaucluse who donated it to BNF on October 10th, 1938.
note
Pietro Roselli is believed to be a Catalan cartographer and hydrographer working in Italy. This chart depicts Central and Eastern Mediterranean from the Balearic Islands to the Asian coastline of the Mediterranean and northern Red Sea. On land are displayed rivers with tributaries, Jordan lakes, Danube islands. he map has been cut off a fragment on the left edge and cropped on the right and bottom, was found in the binding of notarial deeds kept in the Archives départementales du Vaucluse who donated it to BNF on October 10th, 1938.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a manuscript nautical chart on parchment, 61 x 71 cm.
note
Original is a manuscript nautical chart on parchment, 61 x 71 cm.
Note
false
Note:
Title from provenance library.
note
Title from provenance library.
Note
false
Note:
There are two 32-point compass roses with an arrow indicating north, colored red and blue. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are in black, half-winds in green and quarter-winds in red. Quite a number of castles and tents are scattered on the chart representing cities with special highlight given to the Italian city of Genoa. In Africa can be see palm tress, a camel and an elephant. The Red Sea on the right bottom corner is colored red.
note
There are two 32-point compass roses with an arrow indicating north, colored red and blue. The rhumb lines for the principal winds are in black, half-winds in green and quarter-winds in red. Quite a number of castles and tents are scattered on the chart representing cities with special highlight given to the Italian city of Genoa. In Africa can be see palm tress, a camel and an elephant. The Red Sea on the right bottom corner is colored red.
Note
false
Note:
There are two table of leagues on the map, one colored red and the other blue.
note
There are two table of leagues on the map, one colored red and the other blue.
Note
false
Note:
Relief shown pictorially, with depictions of mountains typical of Catalan maps.
note
Relief shown pictorially, with depictions of mountains typical of Catalan maps.
Note
false
Note:
Bigger islands outlined in green and magenta and smaller islands colored green, red and blue.
note
Bigger islands outlined in green and magenta and smaller islands colored green, red and blue.
Note
false
Note:
Place names written in red and black.
note
Place names written in red and black.
Note
false
Reference:
Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, 16
reference
Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, 16
Reference
false
Reference:
Pflederer, R. Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 49
reference
Pflederer, R. Census of Portolan Charts & Atlases: as reported and listed by the noted scholars of the genre in their works ranging from 1897 to 2008, p. 49
Reference
false
Subject:
Mediterranean -- Maps
subject
Mediterranean -- Maps
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
Mediterranean Sea
geographic_area
Mediterranean Sea
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Portugal
geographic_area
Portugal
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Spain
geographic_area
Spain
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Italy
geographic_area
Italy
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Croatia
geographic_area
Croatia
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Greece
geographic_area
Greece
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Turkey
geographic_area
Turkey
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Africa
geographic_area
Africa
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb40670293b
Provenance
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Provenance Call No.:
GE C-15118 (RES)
original_call_no
GE C-15118 (RES)
Provenance Call No.
false
MUST holding:
must_holding
https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991003031248905076
MUST holding
false