Detail View: JCB Map Collection: [Map of Newfoundland south to the Caribbean]
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Accession Number:
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67-485
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File Name:
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67-485-2
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Call number:
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Codex Z 5 / 2-SIZE
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Map title:
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[Map of Newfoundland south to the Caribbean]
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Place of Publication:
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[Marseilles]
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Publication date:
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[1592]
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Map size height:
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31.3 cm.
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Map size width:
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41.1 cm.
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Item description:
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manuscript, hand coloring
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Geographical description:
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Portolan map or chart of Newfoundland and coast south to the Caribbean islands, including part of North and South America. Cartographic elements include sea banks or shoals, degrees of latitude, location of settlements and rivers, compass roses, scale, and rhumb lines. Decorative elements include flags.
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Source author:
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O'Doria, Hercules, fl. 1586-1592
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Source title:
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[Manuscript portolan atlas of Europe, Africa, and America]
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Source place:
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Marseilles
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Geographic Area:
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North America
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Historical notes:
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This atlas was made by an Irish cartographer working in Marseilles. The mapmaker wrote on the first map, "Io Hercules o Doria mariano o fatto il detto libro in marceglia lanno 1592 a di 20. di Novenbro."
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Normalized date:
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1592
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Creator:
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Hercules O'Doria
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