Persia

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Equator divided but not numbered. Additional Places: Indian Ocean. Contents Note: Iconography: winds depicted and labelled in Italian and German; one Portuguese and two Chinese ships; enthroned rulers. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.May.' The atlas also includes astronomical tables and diagrams. Text in Latin, titles and place names in German outside borders.

Record Details

Item reference: P/24(7); MS1939-9922C
Level: PART
Date made: 1554
Creator: Agnese, Battista
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
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