Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, western Europe, and the northwest coast of Africa

Title supplied by cataloger. Attributed to Joan Oliva by John Wolter in A portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and western European waters, with a world map, 1987. Pen-and-ink and watercolor on vellum. World map painted on paper affixed to vellum. Six blank paper pages precede and follow the 10 vellum pages of maps. Circular watermarks on pp. 3 and 19. Bound in contemporary tooled and gilded vellum covers. Accompanied by 4 pieces of a Latin manuscript on vellum removed from the spine during conservation. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 8.

Date: 1590
Mapmaker / publisher: Oliva, Joan
Archive: Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type: chart
Sheets: 5
Original size: 3,457 × 4,941 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

Read from: Commons licence category: PD-old-100-expired; no CC BY, CC BY-SA, GFDL or deletion tag on the file page.

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