Detail View: Old Maps Collection: Chart of the Strait of Solor : from a Portuguese ms used by the Portuguese of Macao in the navigation to Timor
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Barcode:
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4687820501171
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Title:
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Chart of the Strait of Solor : from a Portuguese ms used by the Portuguese of Macao in the navigation to Timor
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Contributor:
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Harmer, Thomas, fl. 1784-1814, engraver
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Contributor:
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Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808, publisher
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Category:
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Sea Charts
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Type:
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Printed
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Language:
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English
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Language:
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Portuguese
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Create Year:
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1781
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Format:
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JPEG 2000, 7504 × 5792, 69MB
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Scale:
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Scale not given
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
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49 x 65 cm
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Note:
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This is a nautical chart of the strait of Solor a volcanic island on the tip of the Flores Island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, in the Solor Archipelago. As the title states it was made according to a Portuguese manuscript to aid in the navigation between Macau and Timor, both places with a strong Portuguese presence since the 16th century. Portuguese Dominican priests built a fortress, also marked on the map, in the Lamakera Island -here named Lamaquera. Constantly targeted by the Dutch for many years was kept by either one power or the other. A number of notes regarding depths, tides, winds are scattered on the map to help in navigation.
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Note:
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Original is a copperplate printed map, 49 x 65 cm.
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Note:
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On the right corner of the map: "Writing by T. Harmar".
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Note:
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There is a 4-point compass rose with half fleur de lis indicating north.
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Note:
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Relief shown pictorially and bathymetric relief by soundings.
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Note:
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Map outlined in simple bold fillet.
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Geographic Area:
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Timor Island
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Geographic Area:
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Solor Archipelago (Indonesia)
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Geographic Area:
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Flores Island (Indonesia)
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Geographic Area:
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Indonesia
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Pub Title:
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[Collection of charts and plans]
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Pub Author:
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Dalrymple, Alexander, 1737-1808
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Pub Year:
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[ca.1792]
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Pub location:
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London
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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/cb40668562m
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Provenance Call No.:
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GE DD-2987 (7686)
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MUST holding:
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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991000825549705076
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