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Open book Manuscript portolan chart of South America

Title Manuscript portolan chart of South America

Date 1616

Place South America, South America--Atlantic Coast, South America--Pacific Coast

Language Italian, Latin

Subjects Coasts, Manuscript maps, Nautical charts

Description Unsigned and undated ms. chart attributed to Joan Martines of Messina by Clara Smith, who noted the presence of Spanish flags on Portuguese colonies (Portugal and her colonies were part of the Spanish empire between 1581-1640). Because the Strait of Le Maire is shown (but not named), Max Justo Guedes has dated the chart 1616 or later, the year of its discovery by Jacques Le Maire.
Pen-and-ink and paint (blue, red, gold); three compass roses incomplete, each lacking 8 of 32 rhumb lines.

Extent 1 ms. map : hand col., vellum ; 473 x 343 mm

Format Early works

Archival Collection Title Edward E. Ayer Collection

Link to Catalog View record

Call Number Ayer MS map 20

BibID 314048

Rights Status No Copyright - United States

Contributing Institution Newberry Library

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IIIF Resource Type Canvas

Size 10605px × 13350px 405.08 MB

Filename 993140488805867_NL_VAULT_oversize_Ayer_MS_map_20_0001.TIF

Unique Identifier NL11ESZ9