1320-1350, Italian, Map, Single map edition: [Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript chart of the Mediterranean and Black seas on vellum]. [cartographic material] :

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Physical Description
  • 1 ms. map : vellum ; 43 x 59 cm.
Published
  • [13--?]
Language
  • Italian

Edition details

Title
  • [Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 [cartographic material] : manuscript chart of the Mediterranean and Black seas on vellum].
Published
  • [13--?]
Physical Description
  • 1 ms. map : vellum ; 43 x 59 cm.
Series
Subjects
Map Data
  • Scale [ca. 1:5,500,000].
Notes
  • Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa.
  • Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea.
  • Oldest map in the LC collection.
  • Title from printed label on box in which the map is housed.
  • Manuscript: Pen-and-ink (red/​green/​brown).
  • Matted and mounted between sheets of transparent lucite.
  • Sheet cut into the shape of an irregular rectangle.
  • Imperfect: Vertically fold-lined at center, cracked, annotated in pencil on verso.
  • Includes bar scale with unidentified divisions.
  • The green rhumb lines on the recto are also visible on the verso.
  • Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
  • Purchase Ludwig Rosenthal, Munich 1914.
Cited In
  • LC Nautical charts on vellum,
Language
  • Italian
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