Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas.

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Title: Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas.
Creator: Villarroel, Domingo, cartographer.
Copyright Date: [1577]
Description: "Donnus Dominicus Vigliarolus Calaber de civitate Stili me fecit in urbe felicis Panormi 1577."
Color: red, green, and gold.
Includes degrees of latitude along left edge: 60°N to 24°N.
Includes six full compass roses, four half compass roses, and eight cherubs.
Left portion of chart with illustration of the Pietá.
Title devised by cataloger.
Extent: 1 map : manuscript, color, vellum ; sheet 55 x 107 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale approximately 1:6,000,000
Coordinates: (W 20°00ʹ--E 43°30ʹ/N 60°00ʹ--N 24°00ʹ)., -020.000000, 024.000000, 043.500000, 060.000000, 6000000, and a
Language: Latin

Format: cartographic
Genre: Manuscript maps.
Portolan charts.
Resource Type: Maps, Atlases & Globes
Subject (Geographic): Black Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800.
Subject (Topic): Nautical charts--Black Sea--Early works to 1800.
Nautical charts--Mediterranean Sea--Early works to 1800.

Access: Public
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