Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea

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Description

Title: Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea
Creator: Roselli, Petrus, active 1446-1468, cartographer
Published / Created: [approximately 1450-1475]
Publication Place: Mallorca?
Publisher: Petrus Roselli?
Description: BEIN Art Storage 49cea 1425: Imperfect: lower left corner and bottom edge torn, with some loss of map; slight holes throughout. With leather thone tie on left edge.
Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines.
Title devised by cataloger.
Pen-and-ink in black, red, blue and green.
Constantinople shown still in Christian possession; Thrace in possession of the Turks.
Contains two compass roses.
Decoration: city views with banners.
Extent: 1 map : 56 x 104 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scale not determined.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Manuscript maps
Portolan charts
Material: manuscript, color, vellum ;
Resource Type: cartographic image
Subject (Geographic): Mediterranean Sea
Black Sea
Subject (Topic): Maps
Nautical charts
Subjects: Mediterranean Sea > Maps > Early works to 1800
Black Sea > Maps > Early works to 1800
Nautical charts > Mediterranean Sea > Early works to 1800
Nautical charts > Black Sea > Early works to 1800

Access: Public
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