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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.

Record Details

Item reference: P/6(1); MS33-9925C CC V1, P79, 529
Level: PART
Extent: 30 x 41.5cm
Date made: 1572
Creator: Martines, Joan
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London