Detail View: Old Maps Collection: Vesconte Maggiolo, Portolan Chart
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Barcode:
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4687820500827
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Title:
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Vesconte Maggiolo, Portolan Chart
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Original Title:
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Vesconte de Maiollo inuense composuit hanc cartam in napoli anno 1516 die 7 maio
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Contributor:
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Maggiolo, Vesconte, active 1504-1549
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Category:
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Sea Charts
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Type:
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Manuscripts
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Language:
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Italian
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Create Year:
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1516
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Format:
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JPEG2000, 23.3 MB
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Scale:
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Scale not given
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Physical Map Dimension (cm):
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1020 × 1520
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Note:
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TN 66795
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Note:
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Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule hand with area names in gothic script; American coast, Scotland, and England outlined in color (very faded), other land masses in black ink only; 10 compass roses with usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red and green ink for the principal directions; latitude scale numbered from 40° S to 67° N, no longitude; 4 unnumbered scales of distance; decorated with imaginary animals, kings in pavillions, vignettes of cities, banners, 3 wind-heads, and a large medallion of the Virgin and Child. Provided in Digital Scriptorium of Huntington Library.
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Subject:
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Virgin and Child
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Subject:
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Religious
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Geographic Area:
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England
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Geographic Area:
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Europe
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Geographic Area:
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Africa
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Geographic Area:
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North America
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Geographic Area:
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South America
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Geographic Area:
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Middle East
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Pub Year:
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1516
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Provenance:
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Huntington Library Collection
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