COLLECTION NAME:
Old Maps Collection
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MUST~2~2
Old Maps Collection
Collection
true
Barcode:
4687820500624
identifier
4687820500624
Barcode
false
Title:
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coast of Spain and Portugal
title
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coast of Spain and Portugal
Title
false
Original Title:
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coast of Spain and Portugal
full_title
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas with the west coast of Spain and Portugal
Original Title
false
Contributor:
Oliva, Placido, active 1575-1615
contributor
Oliva, Placido, active 1575-1615
Contributor
false
Category:
Sea Charts
category
Sea Charts
Category
false
Type:
Manuscripts
type
Manuscripts
Type
false
Language:
Italian
language
Italian
Language
false
Create Year:
1575
date
1575
Create Year
false
Format:
JPEG2000, 12945 × 9596, 24.9MB
format
JPEG2000, 12945 × 9596, 24.9MB
Format
false
Scale:
Scale not given
scale
Scale not given
Scale
false
Physical Map Dimension (cm):
74 × 51
obj_height_cm
74 × 51
Physical Map Dimension (cm)
false
Note:
Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Fragmentary signature on upper right portion leading into neck reads "Io Placid...". Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 10 small and 4 large compass roses centered on Sicily. Pen-and-ink and goauche, with traces of gilding. Includes 2 scale bars (unidentified units), fragment of an illustration on the neck, and many illustrations throughout.
note
Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Title devised by cataloguer. Fragmentary signature on upper right portion leading into neck reads "Io Placid...". Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 10 small and 4 large compass roses centered on Sicily. Pen-and-ink and goauche, with traces of gilding. Includes 2 scale bars (unidentified units), fragment of an illustration on the neck, and many illustrations throughout.
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:
Harbors
subject
Harbors
Subject
false
Subject:
Early maps
subject
Early maps
Subject
false
Geographic Area:
Mediterranean Sea
geographic_area
Mediterranean Sea
Geographic Area
false
Pub Year:
158-?
pub_year
158-?
Pub Year
false
Provenance:
Library of Congress Map Collections
source
Library of Congress Map Collections
Provenance
false