Africa

Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:50 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scales. Map. Contents Note: Iconography: named rulers, including Prester John and the Queen of the South; cities and trading posts; one ship. 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(26); MS1939-9922C
Level: PART
Extent: 26 x 40cm
Date made: 1554
Creator: Agnese, Battista
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London