[East Indies, including a large "Java Maior" (Australia?) and coast of Asia]

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Old Maps Collection

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MUST~2~2

Old Maps Collection

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Barcode:

4687820500914

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4687820500914

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Title:

[East Indies, including a large "Java Maior" (Australia?) and coast of Asia]

title

[East Indies, including a large "Java Maior" (Australia?) and coast of Asia]

Title

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Contributor:

Oliva, Bartolomeo, 1538-1588, cartographer

contributor

Oliva, Bartolomeo, 1538-1588, cartographer

Contributor

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Contributor:

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner

contributor

Phillipps, Thomas, Sir, 1792-1872, former owner

Contributor

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Category:

Sea Charts

Category

false

Type:

Manuscripts

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Manuscripts

Type

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Language:

Spanish

language

Spanish

Language

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Create Year:

[1585]-[1599]

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[1585]-[1599]

Create Year

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Format:

JPEG 2000, 6928 × 4992, 18.6MB

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JPEG 2000, 6928 × 4992, 18.6MB

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Page No.:

14

description

14

Page No.

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Scale:

Scale indeterminable.

scale

Scale indeterminable.

Scale

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Physical Map Dimension (cm):

45 x 32 cm, on sheet 51 x 37 cm

obj_height_cm

45 x 32 cm, on sheet 51 x 37 cm

Physical Map Dimension (cm)

false

Note:

Bartolomeo Oliva was a cartographer that founded the family dynasty of Portolan cartographer from the island of Maiorca, Spain. The family first worked in Maiorca and later moved to Messina, Naples, and Marseille. They kept the Majorcan cartographic tradition going, while also introducing Italian and oriental influences. The Portolan in which this map is included was also most probably made in Maiorca as nomenclature is mainly in Spanish. This particular chart is of the East Indies from Bengala extending to what seems to be Korea, strangely correctly depicted as a Peninsula which was not common at the time being almost always an island. The coast lines of Sumatra and Malacca are fairly accurate but the Gulf of Tonkin is fairly exaggerated and China is not even identified, although the outlines of the Pearl River are already present. The Philippines are incomplete and Taiwan is missing. Java is enlarged and with the toponym 'Java Maior' with the Sonda Islands and Timor denominated as 'Java Menor' a common mistake on 16th century charts.

note

Bartolomeo Oliva was a cartographer that founded the family dynasty of Portolan cartographer from the island of Maiorca, Spain. The family first worked in Maiorca and later moved to Messina, Naples, and Marseille. They kept the Majorcan cartographic tradition going, while also introducing Italian and oriental influences. The Portolan in which this map is included was also most probably made in Maiorca as nomenclature is mainly in Spanish. This particular chart is of the East Indies from Bengala extending to what seems to be Korea, strangely correctly depicted as a Peninsula which was not common at the time being almost always an island. The coast lines of Sumatra and Malacca are fairly accurate but the Gulf of Tonkin is fairly exaggerated and China is not even identified, although the outlines of the Pearl River are already present. The Philippines are incomplete and Taiwan is missing. Java is enlarged and with the toponym 'Java Maior' with the Sonda Islands and Timor denominated as 'Java Menor' a common mistake on 16th century charts.

Note

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Note:

Original is a colored manuscript map in parchment from a Portolan Atlas, 22 x 33 cm.

note

Original is a colored manuscript map in parchment from a Portolan Atlas, 22 x 33 cm.

Note

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Note:

Title from provenance library.

note

Title from provenance library.

Note

false

Note:

There are the principal directions and with symbols for the 4 winds marked at the edges of the chart. An arrow indicating north, a cross on the east point, and a P (Ponente) and O (Ostro) for West and South respectively after the Mariner's Windrose. Rhumb line for the principal winds in black, half-winds in green and quarter-winds in red.

note

There are the principal directions and with symbols for the 4 winds marked at the edges of the chart. An arrow indicating north, a cross on the east point, and a P (Ponente) and O (Ostro) for West and South respectively after the Mariner's Windrose. Rhumb line for the principal winds in black, half-winds in green and quarter-winds in red.

Note

false

Note:

Table of leagues vertical on the left side of the map.

note

Table of leagues vertical on the left side of the map.

Note

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Note:

Relief shown pictorially.

note

Relief shown pictorially.

Note

false

Note:

Landmasses outlined in green, yellow and magenta with small islands colored, green, grey, red and yellow.

note

Landmasses outlined in green, yellow and magenta with small islands colored, green, grey, red and yellow.

Note

false

Note:

Tropic of Cancer and Equator line in yellow.

note

Tropic of Cancer and Equator line in yellow.

Note

false

Note:

Place names in red with names of the bigger landmasses in black.

note

Place names in red with names of the bigger landmasses in black.

Note

false

Note:

Map outlined in red border.

note

Map outlined in red border.

Note

false

Reference:

Harrisse, H., Découverte et évolution cartographique de Terre-Neuve et des pays circonvoisins 1497-1501-1769, p. 513

reference

Harrisse, H., Découverte et évolution cartographique de Terre-Neuve et des pays circonvoisins 1497-1501-1769, p. 513

Reference

false

Reference:

De Ricci, S. with the assistance of W. H. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, p. 42

reference

De Ricci, S. with the assistance of W. H. Wilson. Census of Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the United States and Canada, p. 42

Reference

false

Reference:

Wagner, H.R. The Portolan Atlases of American Interest in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery in Essays offered to Herbert Putnam, p. 498-509

reference

Wagner, H.R. The Portolan Atlases of American Interest in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery in Essays offered to Herbert Putnam, p. 498-509

Reference

false

Reference:

Public Archives. Sixteenth-Century Maps Relating to Canada; a check-list and bibliography, p. 223, n. 827

reference

Public Archives. Sixteenth-Century Maps Relating to Canada; a check-list and bibliography, p. 223, n. 827

Reference

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Subject:

Asia -- Maps

subject

Asia -- Maps

Subject

false

Geographic Area:

East Indies

geographic_area

East Indies

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

India

geographic_area

India

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

China

geographic_area

China

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Sumatra (Indonesia)

geographic_area

Sumatra (Indonesia)

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Malacca (Malacca, Malaysia)

geographic_area

Malacca (Malacca, Malaysia)

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Vietnam

geographic_area

Vietnam

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Cambodia

geographic_area

Cambodia

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Borneo

geographic_area

Borneo

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Korea

geographic_area

Korea

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Philippines

geographic_area

Philippines

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Java (Indonesia)

geographic_area

Java (Indonesia)

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Hainan Sheng (China)

geographic_area

Hainan Sheng (China)

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Thailand

geographic_area

Thailand

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Laos

geographic_area

Laos

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Singapore

geographic_area

Singapore

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Sonda Islands

geographic_area

Sonda Islands

Geographic Area

false

Geographic Area:

Timor Island

geographic_area

Timor Island

Geographic Area

false

Relation Note:

[ff. 14]

relation

[ff. 14]

Relation Note

false

Pub Title:

[Portolan atlas, Spanish]. [Majorca], [1585-1599].

pub_title

[Portolan atlas, Spanish]. [Majorca], [1585-1599].

Pub Title

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Pub Author:

Oliva, Bartolomeo, 1538-1588

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Oliva, Bartolomeo, 1538-1588

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Pub Year:

[1585]-[1599]

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[1585]-[1599]

Pub Year

false

Pub location:

[Majorca]

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[Majorca]

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Provenance:

Huntington Library Collection

source

Huntington Library Collection

Provenance

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Provenance:

https://catalog.hun…

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https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862006

Provenance

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Provenance Call No.:

mssHM 32

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mssHM 32

Provenance Call No.

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MUST holding:

https://must.primo.…

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https://must.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/853MUST_INST/171sgkf/alma991002993749805076

MUST holding

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