Portolan Charts of the Atlantic Coast of Europe, the Western Mediterranean, and the Eastern Mediterr
Portolan Charts of the Atlantic Coast of Europe, the Western Mediterranean, and the Eastern Mediterranean Italy, ca. 1550 Lehigh University, Codex 12 (acc. no. 9n59) The first of the three charts in this impressive portable Atlas shows the Atlantic coast of Europe; the second shows the central and Eastern Mediterranean; the third chart, pictured here, shows the Western Mediterranean from the Adriatic Sea to the Straits of Gibraltar and beyond. -- source link
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