Portolan Chart, Mediterranean and European Seaports, 1550
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and connecting seas with seaport names given for all coastlines. Does not cover Black Sea. Oriented with north to the right (indicated by fleurs-de-lys). Contains 11 compass roses in a circle centered on Sicily, 2 additional roses in Iberia, and rhumb lines connecting all roses and some central points without roses, No cartographer credited, 1550
Picture No
12696379
Media ID
47670084
Size
2446px x 5550px
(3.5MB)
Credit
LOC/Geography and Map Division/Science Source/Mary Evans
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1550 Cartographic Cartographical Map-making Mapmaking Navigational Portolan Portulan Seaports Sixteenth
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