[Manuscript portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and the African coast] [cartographic material] / Joan Martines in Messina an~y 1583

Summary Description: Chart of north-western Africa, southwestern Spain, and the Canary Islands, Chart of the coast of Africa between Mauritania and the Cape of Good Hope, Chart of the British Isles, western Europe, western Mediterranean Sea, and north-western Africa, Chart of the eastern Mediterranean Sea and the Black Sea. Verso of last chart includes annotation tracing previous ownership, including 1595 inscription signed "W.L. Burghly [?]" noting that he was given the atlas by Charles Howard, Earl of Nottingham and chief English admiral during the Spanish Armada of 1588. Inscription, apparently by Pierre Esprit Radisson, French explorer and fur trader in North America, noting that the atlas was given to him by Charles Bayley, first governor of Hudson's Bay. Inscription by "Morpin [?]" noting that Radisson gave him the atlas in 1675 and note, also by Morpin, stating he returned the atlas to Radisson.
General noteAMDigital Reference: VAULT folio Ayer MS map 21.
Original versionReproduction of: [Manuscript portolan atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and the African coast] [cartographic material] / Joan Martines in Messina an~y 1583. 1583.
Location of originalThe Newberry Library
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Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource (viewed on May 28, 2018).

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