[Portolan atlas of 9 charts and a world map, etc.].

Title

Lccn: 98687206

Title provided by cataloger.
Pen-and-ink and watercolor, on vellum.
Wagner 1931,
LC Luso-Hispanic World,
Each double-page illumination is 21 x 29 cm. Compass rose on inside back cover.
List of geographical atlases in the Library of Congress,
"Maps 1, 2, and 10 show America. No. 1 shows the Gulf of California which Ulloa discovered in 1539. On the same map Yucatan is shown as an island, and the east and west coasts of North and South America are only partially shown. On no. 2, the east coasts of North and South America are shown in their entirety and the west coasts only partially. Clumps of trees in green and gold are shown on no. 1, near the Noluccas, and on no. 2, in the Brazilian region of South America. The oval world map (no. 10) shows Magellan's route around the world and a route from Spain to Peru. The 12 wind cherubs on this map are named." -- Ristow and Skelton, Nautical charts on vellum in the Library of Congress, 1977.
Ruge 1916,
Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Dedicated to Hieronymus Ruffault, Abbot of St. Vaast.
LC Nautical charts on vellum,
Skelton,
Rosenthal 1914,

26 cm

1 ms. atlas (15 leaves)

[ca. 1544]