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Portolan chart of the Atlantic, the western half of the Indian Ocean, and the extreme southeast of the Pacific

Author
Albernaz, João Teixeira, active 1665-1681, cartographer.
Title
Portolan chart of the Atlantic, the western half of the Indian Ocean, and the extreme southeast of the Pacific.
Production
[Lisbon, Portugal], [1665]
Physical Description
1 map : manuscript, color, vellum ; 75 x 123 cm, on sheet 87 x 127 cm
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:17,000,000 (W 100°--E 85°/N 65°--S 65°).
Notes
Imperfect: chipped along edges.
Title devised by cataloger.
Manuscript annotations on verso.
Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines.
"Feita por João Teix[ei]ra Albernass Cosmographo los Reinos de Portugal por Sua Mag[esta]de. O anno de 1665. L[i]x[bo]a"
Pen-and-ink in black, red, blue, yellow and green.
Contains five compass roses.
Decoration: coats of arms in territories.
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Maps & GIS
Language
Portuguese
Added to Catalog
January 25, 2019
Subjects
Nautical charts > Atlantic Ocean > Early works to 1800.
Nautical charts > Indian Ocean > Early works to 1800.
Nautical charts > Pacific Ocean > Early works to 1800.
Atlantic Ocean > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Indian Ocean > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Pacific Ocean > Maps > Early works to 1800.
Genre/Form
Manuscript maps.
Portolan charts.
Also listed under
Portugal Lisbon.
Bookmark As
https://search.library.yale.edu/catalog/13919263
Citation
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