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(Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea and western part of the Black Sea); (Portolan chart of the Aegean Sea and part of the Mediterranean Sea including Crete)
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(Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea and western part of the Black Sea); (Portolan chart of the Aegean Sea and part of the Mediterranean Sea including Crete)

Shows names of harbors along the coastlines of the Mediterranean Sea, Black Sea, and adjoining waters. Relief shown pictorially on the Mediterranean Sea chart. Statement of attribution from the Aegean Sea chart. Titles devised by cataloguer. Aegean Sea chart oriented with north to the right. The 2 charts are half-joined at the cover spine. Includes color drawings of cities, flags, illustration of Christ on the cross, and numerous compass roses. Two circular insets in the Mediterranean chart: America north and south -- Europa, Asia, Africa.

Date
1640
Archive
Library of Congress (via Wikimedia Commons)
Type
chart
Original size
8,737 × 5,153 pixels

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Reason: its maker died more than 100 years ago.

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"(Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea and western part of the Black Sea); (Portolan chart of the Aegean Sea and part of the Mediterranean Sea including Crete)" (1640). Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:(Portolan_chart_of_the_Mediterranean_Sea_and_western_part_of_the_Black_Sea)_;_(Portolan_chart_of_the_Aegean_Sea_and_part_of_the_Mediterranean_Sea_including_Crete)_LOC_2016586563.jpg

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