Map 1. Eastern Mediterranean
About this Item
Title
- [Portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea, western Europe, and the northwest coast of Africa].
Names
- Oliva, Joan, active 1580-1615.
Created / Published
- [ca. 1590]
Contents
- [1. Eastern Mediterranean] -- [2. Central Mediterranean] -- [3. Western Europe and the British Isles] -- [4. Northwest Africa] -- [5. World map drawn on an oval projection].
Headings
- - Mediterranean Region--Maps--Early works to 1800
- - Earth
Genre
- Manuscript maps
- Portolan charts
- Early maps
- World atlases
Notes
- - Title supplied by cataloger.
- - Attributed to Joan Oliva by John Wolter in A portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and western European waters, with a world map, 1987.
- - Pen-and-ink and watercolor on vellum. World map painted on paper affixed to vellum.
- - Six blank paper pages precede and follow the 10 vellum pages of maps. Circular watermarks on pp. [3] and [19].
- - Bound in contemporary tooled and gilded vellum covers.
- - Accompanied by 4 pieces of a Latin manuscript on vellum removed from the spine during conservation.
- - LC Nautical charts on vellum, 8.
- - Available also through the Library of Congress Web site as a raster image.
Medium
- 1 ms. atlas ([22] p.) : col. ill., col. maps, vellum ; 29 cm.
Call Number/Physical Location
- G1059 .O4 1590
Repository
- Library of Congress Geography and Map Division Washington, D.C. 20540-4650 USA dcu
Digital Id
Library of Congress Control Number
- 2005634035
Online Format
- image