Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea

Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea

You are viewing a dramatic chart of Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea ca. 1320-1350 : manuscript chart of the Mediterranean and Black seas on vellum]. CREATED/PUBLISHED 1300's NOTES Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest original cartographic artifact in the Library of Congress. Title from printed label on box in which the map is housed.

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