File:A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents. LOC 2008621738.jpg
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DescriptionA portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents. LOC 2008621738.jpg |
English: 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. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 16. 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. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. 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. |
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Title InfoField | [A portolan chart of the Atlantic Ocean and adjacent continents]. | ||
Shelf ID InfoField | G9111.P5 1633 .R7 | ||
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Source | https://www.loc.gov/item/2008621738/ | ||
Author | Roiz, Pascoal | ||
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Location InfoField | Atlantic Ocean · Europe · Africa · Asia · North America · South America | ||
Part of InfoField | American Memory · General Maps · Catalog · Geography And Map Division | ||
Subject InfoField | Atlantic Ocean · Maps, Manuscript · Europe · Africa · Nautical Charts · Asia · North America · Early Works To 1800 · South America |
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