COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
mediaCollectionId
MUST~2~2
Old Maps Collection
Collection
true
Barcode:
4687820500612
identifier
4687820500612
Barcode
false
Title:
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas
title
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas
Title
false
Original Title:
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas
full_title
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Anonymous
contributor
Anonymous
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
false
Language:
English
language
English
Language
false
Create Year:
1550?
date
1550?
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG2000, 3975 × 8615, 6.9MB
format
JPEG2000, 3975 × 8615, 6.9MB
Format
false
Scale:
ca. 1:10,000,000
scale
ca. 1:10,000,000
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
50 × 19
obj_height_cm
50 × 19
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Does not cover Black Sea. Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 11 compass roses in a circle centered on Sicily, 2 additional roses in Iberia, and rhumb lines connecting all roses and some central points without roses. Manuscript: pen-and-ink (brown) and dark watercolors. Includes 4 scale bars (unidentified) and a large compass rose at top (in neck of sheet) containing a drawing of the Madonna and Child.
note
Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Does not cover Black Sea. Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 11 compass roses in a circle centered on Sicily, 2 additional roses in Iberia, and rhumb lines connecting all roses and some central points without roses. Manuscript: pen-and-ink (brown) and dark watercolors. Includes 4 scale bars (unidentified) and a large compass rose at top (in neck of sheet) containing a drawing of the Madonna and Child.
Note
false
Note:
This is an early old map depicted the world
note
This is an early old map depicted the world
Note
false
Subject:
Nautical charts
subject
Nautical charts
Subject
false
Subject:
Seaports
subject
Seaports
Subject
false
Subject:
Maps, Manuscript
subject
Maps, Manuscript
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
Mediterranean Sea
geographic_area
Mediterranean Sea
Geographic Area
false
Pub Title:
Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
pub_title
Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Pub Title
false
Pub Author:
Anonymous
pub_author
Anonymous
Pub Author
false
Pub Year:
1550?
pub_year
1550?
Pub Year
false
Provenance:
Library of Congress Map Collections
source
Library of Congress Map Collections
Provenance
false