<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Portolano for the western Mediterranean</dc:title><dc:date>[1590-1599?]</dc:date><dc:language>lat</dc:language><dc:description>Manuscript portolan chart, on parchment, for the western Mediterranean, showing the coasts of North Africa, Italy, Spain, France and the British Isles</dc:description><dc:description>In Latin.</dc:description><dc:description>Damaged: coastline of Greece missing; severe fading.</dc:description><dc:description>Decoration: illustrations of five emblematic rulers and one of the Virgin Mary at the top of the portolan; three compass roses and strapwork.</dc:description></oai_dc:dc>