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Vallard atlas
Title
[Vallard atlas] [cartographic material].
ISBN
9788496400450 [printed on certificate of authenticity]
849640045X [printed on certificate of authenticity]
9788496400467 (obra completa) [printed on certificate of authenticity]
8496400468 (obra completa) [printed on certificate of authenticity]
9788496400498
8496400492
9788496400481 (complete edition)
8496400484 (complete edition)
Published
Barcelona : M. Moleiro Editor, [2008-2010], ©2010.
Physical Description
1 atlas ([8] pages, [15] double leaves) : color maps, color illustrations ; 42 cm + 1 slipcase 43 x 31 x 5 cm
Cartographic Detail
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Notes
Facsimile reproduction of 15 portolan charts, covering most of the earth, compiled as an atlas in France in 1547. Atlas also includes 4 pages of declination tables. The maps include illustrations of native inhabitants and indiginous flora and fauna for each continent. The first five maps include a mythological narrative in the margin of each sheet.
Title from accompanying text.
Facsimile.
Number 313 of edition of 987.
Accompanied by text: Vallard atlas / [with commentary by Luis Filipe F. R. Thomaz, Dennis Reinhartz, and Carlos Miranda Garcia-Tejedor]. Barcelona : M. Moleiro Editor, ©2010 (240 pages, color maps, color illustrations, 34 cm).
Maps oriented with north to the bottom.
Notarized certificate of authenticity (30 x 21 cm) pasted inside back cover of atlas.
Original version: 1547. 15 manuscript maps, 4 pages of declination tables. Original cartographer unknown but maps are believed to have been completed in Dieppe, France. Nicolas Vallard is believed to have been the first owner of the atlas. Huntington Library, San Marino, California, United States.
Maps primarily in French, some place names in Portuguese. Accompanying text in English.
Summary
World atlas containing 15 nautical charts, tables of declinations, etc. Probably made in Dieppe, France either by a Portuguese cartographer or based on a Portuguese prototype, judging from the Portuguese influence on the geographical names. Nicolas Vallard de Dipeppe was probably the first owner. Sir Thomas Phillipps also owned the original atlas.The charts include: Terra Java [east coast of Australia?] -- La Java [north coast of Australia?, East Indies and part of Asia] -- Terra Java [west coast of Australia?] -- [Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf] -- [Southern Africa and southwest Indian Ocean] -- [Atlantic Ocean with the coast of Africa and Brazil] -- [Northwest Africa] -- [Europe and northern Africa] -- [North America and Canada, east coast] -- [West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America] -- [Northeastern South America] -- [Southeastern South America and Straits of Magellan] -- [Western Europe and northwestern Africa] -- [Adriatic Sea] -- [Agean Sea].
Variant and related titles
Title on spine of atlas: Atlas d'ancienne cartes
Atlas Vallard
Format
Maps & GIS
Language
French; English
Added to Catalog
May 19, 2011
Contents
Terra Java [east coast of Australia?]
La Java [north coast of Australia?, East Indies and part of Asia]
Terra Java [west coast of Australia?]
[Arabian Sea, Red Sea, and Persian Gulf]
[Southern Africa and southwest Indian Ocean]
[Atlantic Ocean with the coast of Africa and Brazil]
[Northwest Africa]
[Europe and northern Africa]
[North America and Canada, east coast]
[West Indies, Mexico, Central America and northern South America]
[Northeastern South America]
[Southeastern South America and Straits of Magellan]
[Western Europe and northwestern Africa]
[Adriatic Sea]
[Agean Sea].
Subjects
Genre/Form
World maps.
Nautical charts.
Early maps.
World atlases.
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