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Map [Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of western Europe and northwest Africa]

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Title

  • [Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of western Europe and northwest Africa]

Names

  • Prunes, Mateus, active 1553-1599.

Created / Published

  • In civitate Majorica : Mateus Prunes, anno. 1559.

Headings

  • -  Seaports--Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mediterranean Region--Maps--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mediterranean Sea
  • -  Mediterranean Region

Genre

  • Manuscript maps
  • Portolan charts
  • Early maps

Notes

  • -  Title provided by cataloguer.
  • -  Catalan and Latin. Catalan titles for the illustrations and Latin statement of responsibility.
  • -  Oriented with north to the right.
  • -  Contains 5 wind roses.
  • -  Pen-and-ink and goauche.
  • -  Includes 2 bar scales in unidentified units, and many illustrations throughout.
  • -  LC Nautical charts on vellum, 7.

Medium

  • 1 manuscript map : color, vellum ; 66 x 97 cm, matted and mounted between transparent lucite sheets 82 x 114 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G5672.M4P5 1559 .P7

Repository

  • Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2014588812

Online Format

  • image

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Prunes, Mateus, Active. Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of western Europe and northwest Africa. In civitate Majorica: Mateus Prunes, anno, 1559. Map. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014588812/.

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Prunes, M. (1559) Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of western Europe and northwest Africa. In civitate Majorica: Mateus Prunes, anno. [Map] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2014588812/.

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Prunes, Mateus, Active. Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea, and the coasts of western Europe and northwest Africa. In civitate Majorica: Mateus Prunes, anno, 1559. Map. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2014588812/>.