File:Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas. LOC 2010588182.jpg
Original file (3,975 × 8,615 pixels, file size: 3.34 MB, MIME type: image/jpeg)
Captions
Summary
[edit]DescriptionPortolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas. LOC 2010588182.jpg |
English: Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines. Does not cover Black Sea. Title devised by cataloguer. Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 11 compass roses in a circle centered on Sicily, 2 additional roses in Iberia, and rhumb lines connecting all roses and some central points without roses. Manuscript: pen-and-ink (brown) and dark watercolors. LC Nautical charts on vellum, 12. Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image. Includes 4 scale bars (unidentified) and a large compass rose at top (in neck of sheet) containing a drawing of the Madonna and Child. |
||
Title InfoField | [Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas]. | ||
Shelf ID InfoField | G5672.M4P5 1550 .P6 | ||
Date | |||
Source | https://www.loc.gov/item/2010588182/ | ||
Author | Unknown authorUnknown author | ||
Permission (Reusing this file) |
|
||
Other versions |
|
||
Location InfoField | Mediterranean Sea | ||
Part of InfoField | American Memory · Catalog · Geography And Map Division · Discovery And Exploration | ||
Subject InfoField | Mediterranean Sea · Early Works To 1800 · Seaports · Nautical Charts · Maps, Manuscript |
Licensing
[edit]
This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art. The work of art itself is in the public domain for the following reason:
The official position taken by the Wikimedia Foundation is that "faithful reproductions of two-dimensional public domain works of art are public domain".
This photographic reproduction is therefore also considered to be in the public domain in the United States. In other jurisdictions, re-use of this content may be restricted; see Reuse of PD-Art photographs for details. |
File history
Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.
Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
current | 15:40, 3 June 2018 | 3,975 × 8,615 (3.34 MB) | Fæ (talk | contribs) | LOC Maps https://www.loc.gov/item/2010588182/ #18966 |
You cannot overwrite this file.