Asia carta diciasete piu moderna

Single sheet. Engr. Scale: [ca.1:3 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic note: Graduated chart of Honshu, Shikoko and Kyushu. Mercator projection [prime eridian through Pico, Azores]. Contents note: The north part of the chart is occupied by the putative promontory of Jezu, 'as yet unknown to the Christians of Europe'. Inscription: AF Lucini fecit. Inscription: '9' engraved in top left hand corner.
From Sir Robert Dudley's Dell'Arcano del Mare, vol I. Florence, 1646.

Object Details

ID: G273:2/2
Collection: Charts and maps
Type: Chart
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Dudley, Robert; Lucini, Antonio Francesco
Date made: 1646
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Printed area 43 x 57cm, on sheet 45 x 60cm.