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Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the northern coast of Africa
Title
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the Black Sea, and the northern coast of Africa.
Production
[England] : [Nicholas Comberford], [1647]
Physical Description
1 map on 4 sheets : manuscript, color, vellum ; sheets 49 x 23 cm or smaller
Cartographic Detail
Scale approximately 1:3,421,440 (W 7°--E 40°/N 47°--N 29°).
Notes
Title devised by cataloger.
Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines.
"Made by Nicholas Comberford dwelling neare to the way end of the school house at the signe of the Platt in Radcliffe, anno 1647."
Pen-and-ink in black, red, blue, green, yellow and gold.
Contains two and a half compass roses and four listings of indexed names.
Decoration: city views with banners.
Scale "containeth one hundreth English leagues after twentie to a degree."
Format
Archives or Manuscripts / Maps & GIS
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 25, 2019
Subjects
Genre/Form
Manuscript maps.
Portolan charts.
Also listed under
England.
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