[World]
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:120 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Double planisphere. Contents Note: Postulates a large southern continent. Iconography: winds. Bound in an atlas of ten folios. The standard spellings of medieval Italian wind directions are: (N) Tramontana, (NE) Greco, (E) Levante, (SE) Scirocco, (S) Ostro or Mezzo Giorno, (SW) Libeccio or Garbino, (W) Ponente, (NW) Maestro.
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Record Details
Item reference: | P/6(1); MS33-9925C CC V1, P79, 529 |
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Level: | PART |
Extent: | 30 x 41.5cm |
Date made: | 1572 |
Creator: | Martines, Joan |
Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- [World] (Chart) (P/6(1))
- [Africa to Brazil] (Chart) (P/6(2))
- [SE South America] (Chart) (P/6(3))
- [Brazil and Central Atlantic] (Chart) (P/6(4))
- [Caribbean and coasts of America] (Chart) (P/6(5))
- [North Atlantic] (Chart) (P/6(6))
- [NE Atlantic, Lisbon to Cape Verde] (Chart) (P/6(7))
- [NE Atlantic and W Mediterranean] (Chart) (P/6(8))
- [Central Mediterranean] (Chart) (P/6(9))
- [East Mediterranean and Black Sea] (Chart) (P/6(10))
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