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  Portolan chart : [cartographic material] :

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  Portolan chart : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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  f. 1: [Luís Teixeira, Portolan chart]

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  Portolan chart, French : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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  f. 1. [Portolan chart]. French. Nautical chart of west coast of Spitsbergen.

  mssHM 47

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  Portolan chart : [cartographic material] : [manuscript], approximately 1502

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  Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in square capitals; land masses outlined in color with islands painted in blue or red, gold or silver; 12 compass roses with the usual 32 rhumb line network in black, red, and green ink for principal directions; double latitude scales (numbered 5° higher on right than on left) and double equator (to compensate for magnetic variation), no longitude; distance is indicated by a series of small circles in lower right corner; decorated with a few figures and vignettes (very faded). Unbound: originally a rolled chart, now flattened. Parchment, f. 1 (full skin); 585 x 942 including left extension (map size, 530 x 772) mm. Top and bottom border decorated with gold in trellis pattern, latitude scales form borders at left and right. Also widely known as the "King-Hamy Portolan chart".

  mssHM 45

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  Portolan chart ; Nautical almanac, French : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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  Part 1. f. 1. [Guillaume Brouscon]. [Portolan chart]. Latin. World chart, which includes America and a large "Terra Java" (Australia?). Chart was originally folded and bound into front of the accompanying volume (here as Part 2 of this description) by an extension which bears a coat of arms. Part 2. ff. 1-20v. [Guillaume Brouscon]. [Nautical almanac]. Latin. ff. 1-4v, Tide tables in circular diagrams; f. 5, Diagram of the Rule of the North Star combined with the Rule to Raise or Lay 1° of Latitude; f. 5v, Chart of coast of northern Spain and western France showing ports linked to compass rose by weaving lines to indicate tides; f. 6, Chart of north coast of France, Flanders, Germany and Denmark with weaving lines as on preceding chart; f. 6v, Chart of England and Scotland with weaving lines as on preceding charts; f. 7, Chart of Ireland with weaving lines as on preceding charts; ff. 7v-8, Calendar of moveable feasts; ff. 8v-11, Vertical calendar of fixed feasts; f. 11v, Compass card; f. 12r-v, Star clock; ff. 13-20v, Solar declination tables for 4 year cycle.

  mssHM 46

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  Portolan atlas, Italian : [cartographic material] : [manuscript]

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  ff. 1-14v. [Francesco Ghisolfi] Latin. Contains 11 maps, etc.: 1, Blank except for decorated border and "Phillipps MS 22796" inscribed in center; 2, Western Mediterranean; 3, Table of declinations and armillary sphere; 4, the 2 hemispheres (showing western America linked to Asia); 5, Oval map of the world; 6, Planisphere with signs of zodiac and figures representing seasons; 7, Indian Ocean, Africa, Arabia, India, and part of Asia; 8, Central Mediterranean and Italy; 9, Pacific Ocean with portions of North and South America, East Indies, part of China; 10, Eastern Mediterranean and Aegean Sea; 11, Western Mediterranean, Iberian peninsula, Northwest Africa; 12, Eastern coast of North America, South America, Atlantic Ocean, Europe (including Scandinavia), Africa, Near East; 13, World in 5 gores (decorated at top and bottom with signs of the zodiac and other figures); 14, Black Sea.

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