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Old Maps Collection
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Old Maps Collection
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Barcode:
3687800354655H
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3687800354655H
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Title:
Nautical chart of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and part of the Black Sea, known as Carta Pisana
title
Nautical chart of the Eastern Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and part of the Black Sea, known as Carta Pisana
Title
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Original Title:
[Carte marine de l'océan Atlantique Est, de la mer Méditerranée et d'une partie de la mer Noire, connue sous le nom de Carte Pisane]
full_title
[Carte marine de l'océan Atlantique Est, de la mer Méditerranée et d'une partie de la mer Noire, connue sous le nom de Carte Pisane]
Original Title
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Other Title:
Carta Pisana
other_title
Carta Pisana
Other Title
false
Other Title:
Carte Pisane
other_title
Carte Pisane
Other Title
false
Category:
Early Old Maps
category
Early Old Maps
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
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Language:
Latin
language
Latin
Language
false
Create Year:
[1275]-[1300]
date
[1275]-[1300]
Create Year
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Format:
JPEG 2000, 16842 × 8069, 19MB
format
JPEG 2000, 16842 × 8069, 19MB
Format
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Scale:
Scale not given.
scale
Scale not given.
Scale
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
50 x 104 cm, on sheet 59 x 111 cm
obj_height_cm
50 x 104 cm, on sheet 59 x 111 cm
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
This chart is of Italian, Pisan or Genoese origin and like most of Italian charts only depicts the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The Mediterranean is portrayed inside two circles, one for the western Mediterranean, one for the eastern. These circles are divided into sixteen parts, providing the map with sixteen corresponding wind directions inside double fillet cartouches in red.Britain and the north coast of Europe is sketchy, lacks detail and the numbers of toponyms is much lower than that of the Mediterranean. A very important predicate of this chart is its extraordinary accuracy and detail, particularly when compared with the religion-inspired cartography of the time. It is the oldest surviving nautical chart and the first known chart to have a graphical scale located inside a double line circle on the extension of the parchment. Carta Pisana is believed to be the result of a long period of development.
note
This chart is of Italian, Pisan or Genoese origin and like most of Italian charts only depicts the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. The Mediterranean is portrayed inside two circles, one for the western Mediterranean, one for the eastern. These circles are divided into sixteen parts, providing the map with sixteen corresponding wind directions inside double fillet cartouches in red.Britain and the north coast of Europe is sketchy, lacks detail and the numbers of toponyms is much lower than that of the Mediterranean. A very important predicate of this chart is its extraordinary accuracy and detail, particularly when compared with the religion-inspired cartography of the time. It is the oldest surviving nautical chart and the first known chart to have a graphical scale located inside a double line circle on the extension of the parchment. Carta Pisana is believed to be the result of a long period of development.
Note
false
Note:
Original is a manuscript on parchment, 48 x 103 cm.
note
Original is a manuscript on parchment, 48 x 103 cm.
Note
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Note:
Title from provenance library.
note
Title from provenance library.
Note
false
Note:
Table of leagues in red inside a double line circle on the extension of the parchment of the right border of the map.
note
Table of leagues in red inside a double line circle on the extension of the parchment of the right border of the map.
Note
false
Note:
Place names in minuscule written in red and black.
note
Place names in minuscule written in red and black.
Note
false
Reference:
Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, 1
reference
Foncin, M. Catalogue des cartes nautiques sur vélin conservées au Département des cartes et plans, 1
Reference
false
Reference:
Brentjes, S. Medieval Portolan Charts as Documents of Shared Cultural Spaces, In Acteurs des transferts culturels en Méditerranée médiévale, p. 135-146
reference
Brentjes, S. Medieval Portolan Charts as Documents of Shared Cultural Spaces, In Acteurs des transferts culturels en Méditerranée médiévale, p. 135-146
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. 44
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. 44
Reference
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Subject:
Nautical Charts
subject
Nautical Charts
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
Europe
geographic_area
Europe
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Africa
geographic_area
Africa
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Mediterranean Sea
geographic_area
Mediterranean Sea
Geographic Area
false
Geographic Area:
Black Sea
geographic_area
Black Sea
Geographic Area
false
Provenance:
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
source
Bibliothèque Nationale de France
Provenance
false
Provenance:
source
https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb406673515
Provenance
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Provenance Call No.:
GE B-1118 (RES)
original_call_no
GE B-1118 (RES)
Provenance Call No.
false
MUST holding:
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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991003032049705076
MUST holding
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