Map [Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, northwest Europe, and northwest Africa]

Title

• [Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, northwest Europe, and northwest Africa]

Names

• Scotto, Giacomo, active 1589-1592, cartographer.

Created / Published

• [Civita Vecchia?] : Jacobus Scottus, [approximately 1590]

Contents

• [1. Northwest Europe, from Denmark to Brittany, and the British Isles] -- [2. Northwest Africa] -- [3. The Iberian Peninsula, with western France and the coast of Morocco] -- [4. Western Mediterranean] -- [5. Central Mediterranean, with Italy] -- [6 & 7. Eastern Mediterranean, from the Atlantic Ocean to Palestine] -- [8. Black Sea].

Headings

• -  Coasts--Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
• -  Coasts--Black Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
• -  Coasts--Europe, Western--Maps--Early works to 1800
• -  Coasts--Africa, North--Maps--Early works to 1800
• -  Mediterranean Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
• -  Black Sea--Maps--Early works to 1800
• -  Mediterranean Sea
• -  Black Sea
• -  Europe, Western
• -  Africa, North

Genre

• Manuscript maps
• Portolan charts
• Early maps
• Atlases

Notes

• -  Title supplied by cataloger.
• -  Pen-and-ink on vellum.
• -  Statement of responsibility from leaf 8, the map of the Black Sea.
• -  Bound in red velvet.
• -  LC Nautical charts on vellum, 11
• -  Purchase; Ludwig Rosenthal, Munich; 1914.

Medium

• 1 manuscript atlas (8 leaves) : color maps, vellum ; 27 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

• G1782.M4P5 S3 1590

Repository

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

Digital Id

• https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.gmd/g5672mm.gct00317

Library of Congress Control Number

• 2020587729

Online Format

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LCCN Permalink

• https://lccn.loc.gov/2020587729

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