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Six charts on vellum. (Manuscript)
1592
P/22
Six very fine portolan style charts on vellum.
[world planisphere] (Chart; Manuscript)
1592
P/22(1)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:100 000 000]. Contents Note: America labelled Terra Nova, India. Large southern continent shown.
From an atlas of six cartographic items with an authorship page: 'Joan Oliva in Missina. Ano 1592.'.…
[Central Atlantic] (Chart; Manuscript)
1592
P/22(6)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:16 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Equator marked. Shallows indicated around the north coast of Brazil.
From an atlas of six cartographic items with an authorship page: 'Joan Oliva in Missina. Ano 1592.'.…
[Western Mediterranean] (Chart; Manuscript)
1632
P/5(5)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 000 000]. Contents Note: Iconography: cities. Bound in an atlas of six charts, two by Sanches and four by Oliva.
[Caribbean and coasts of America] (Chart; Manuscript)
[1550]
P/8(2)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:14 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Bound in an atlas of six charts, unsigned and undated. The dating is very uncertain. The charts all have decorative scales and compass roses.
Six charts on vellum (Manuscript)
1632
P/5
Six charts on vellum. Two by Antonio Sanches, 1632; four by Joannes Oliva,1632.
[Central Mediterranean] (Chart; Manuscript)
1592
P/22(3)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Contents Note: Iconography: rulers, cities.
From an atlas of six cartographic items with an authorship page: 'Joan Oliva in Missina. Ano 1592.'.…
[East Mediterranean and Black Sea] (Chart; Manuscript)
1592
P/22(2)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Loxodromes, scale. Contents Note: Iconography: cities, flags, rulers, Red Sea in red, Hill of Golgotha.…
[Western Mediterranean and eastern Atlantic] (Chart; Manuscript)
1592
P/22(4)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Latitude scale. Contents Note: Iconography: cities and rulers.
From an atlas of six cartographic items with an authorship page: 'Joan Oliva in Missina. Ano 1592.'.…
[NE Atlantic, Spain to Iceland] (Chart; Manuscript)
1592
P/22(5)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:14 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Latitude scale. Contents Note: Iconography: king of France depicted; other states represented by shields.…
[Greek Archipelago] (Chart; Manuscript)
1632
P/5(3)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:4 000 000]. Bound in an atlas of six charts, two by Sanches and four by Oliva.
[Adriatic Sea] (Chart; Manuscript)
1632
P/5(4)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:2 600 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 349 degrees. Bound in an atlas of six charts, two by Sanches and four by Oliva.
[NE Atlantic, Lisbon to Cape Verde] (Chart; Manuscript)
[1550]
P/8(4)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:7 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Contents Note: Iconography: shields; flags; cities; animals and sea creatures. Bound in an atlas of six charts, unsigned and undated. The dating is very uncertain.…
[Brazil and Central Atlantic] (Chart; Manuscript)
[1550]
P/8(3)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1: 14 000 000 (lat)]. Contents Note: Iconography: one ship with a boat in tow. Bound in an atlas of six charts, unsigned and undated. The dating is very uncertain. The charts all have decorative scales and compass roses.
[Greek Archipelago] (Chart; Manuscript)
[1550]
P/8(7)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:1 600 000]. Bound in an atlas of six charts, unsigned and undated. The dating is very uncertain. The charts all have decorative scales and compass roses.
[Eastern Mediterranean] (Chart; Manuscript)
1632
P/5(6)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 000 000]. Contents Note: Iconography: cities; Golgotha. Bound in an atlas of six charts, two by Sanches and four by Oliva.
[Mediterranean] (Chart; Manuscript)
[1550]
P/8(6)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:7 500 000]. Contents Note: Iconography: cities and flags; Golgotha. Bound in an atlas of six charts, unsigned and undated. The dating is very uncertain. The charts all have decorative scales and compass roses.
[NE Atlantic and W Mediterranean] (Chart; Manuscript)
[1550]
P/8(5)
Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:7 500 000 (lat)]. Contents Note: Iconography: cities and flags. Bound in an atlas of six charts, unsigned and undated. The dating is very uncertain. The charts all have decorative scales and compass roses.
Atlas of six charts on vellum - West Indies, Atlantic and Mediterranean. (Manuscript)
[1550]
P/8
Oliva, Joannes (Italian, Messina) 16c. Atlas of six charts on vellum - West Indies, Atlantic and Mediterranean. There are some later German notes on the flyleaf and in the margins.
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