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An image showing 'P/6(1); Ten charts of the world on vellum.'

An image showing 'P/6(1) double planisph, Martines'

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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.

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Object Details

ID:	P/6(1)
Collection:	Charts and maps
Type:	Chart
Display location:	Not on display
Creator:	Martines, Joan
Date made:	1572
Credit:	National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements:	30 x 41.5cm
Parts:	Ten charts of the world on vellum. (Manuscript) [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))