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Prunes and Western Europe, chart of the Mediterranean Sea 1559, a facsimile from the Library of Congress
Title
Prunes and Western Europe, chart of the Mediterranean Sea 1559, [map] : a facsimile from the Library of Congress / drawn by Mateus Prunes.
Published
Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1981.
Physical Description
1 map : col. ; 94 x 64 cm.
Cartographic Detail
Scale [ca. 1:7,000,000] (W 30⁰--E 45⁰/N 72⁰--N 09⁰)
Notes
Pictorial map.
Ill. titles in Catalan.
"Mateus Prunes, In Civitate majorica, anno. 1559."
Facsim. of a ms. portolan chart in the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
From a limited ed. of 500 copies.
Oriented with north to the right.
Reduced slightly from the original size of 97 x 67 cm.
Accompanied by text by John A. Wolter ([4] p. ; 22 cm.)
Original described as item no. 7 in Ristow's and Skelton's Nautical charts on vellum in the Library of Congress, 1977.
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
English; Latin; Catalan
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
Subjects
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Library of Congress.
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