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[A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent Continents].
CREATED/PUBLISHED
1633.
NOTES
Also shows the southeast Pacific Ocean, the southwest Indian Ocean, as well as the continents of South America, Africa, Europe, and portions of North America and Asia.
Relief shown pictorially.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Vellum chart collection, no. 16.
Reference: LC Nautical charts on vellum, 16.
Reference: LC Luso-Hispanic World, Vellum Chart 16
Pen-and-ink, watercolors, and colored pencil, matted and mounted between panels of transparent Lucite plexiglass; the panels are riveted on a rigid frame (102 cm. x 118 cm.).
Includes pictures of a fort, circle of compass roses, flags, insignia, coast-of-arms, and religious figures.
Imperfect: Mended horizontal tears across left edge section, some losses along edges, discoloration throughout, with spotting along west side. Blue paint in lower right corner.
Scale not given.
SUBJECTS
Nautical charts--Atlantic Ocean--Early works to 1800.
Atlantic Ocean--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Africa--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Asia--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Europe--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
South America--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
North America--Maps, Manuscript--Early works to 1800.
Atlantic Ocean.
Africa.
Asia.
Europe.
South America.
North America.
RELATED TITLES
[Vellum chart collection ; 16]
MEDIUM
1 ms. map : col., vellum ; 80 x 95 cm.
CALL NUMBER
G9111.P5 1633 .R7 Oversize Vault Drawer : Vellum 16
REPOSITORY
Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA
DIGITAL ID
g9111p ct002332 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g9111p.ct002332
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