[Portolan charts and a manuscript map].

Format
Manuscript, Book
Language
Italian
Published/​Created
1642.
Description
3 leaves (folded) : parchment ; 380 x 550 mm.

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    Summary note
    Maps and charts of the Mediterranean Sea and coasts (Southern Europe, Western Europe, Ottoman Empire), and a world map.
    Notes
    • Ms. leaves.
    • Decoration: Illuminated figures of rulers with armorial shields, windroses, and cities with banners.
    • Origin: Executed at Messina in 1642 by Giovanni Battista Caloiro and Placido Oliva.
    Language note
    Italian.
    Provenance
    Number 338 in a John Henry Ellis (?) cat. (s.v. Navigation); no. 2 in a 19th century collection.
    References
    De Ricci, p. 2125, no. 33
    Cite as
    Scheide Library, Princeton University. M 33.
    Place name(s)
    Italy Messina.
    OCLC
    177443350
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