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Chart of the Mediterranean and western Europe, 1559, drawn by Mateus Prunes : a facsimile from the Library of Congress.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Prunes, Mateus, active 1553-1599
Corporate Author: Library of Congress
Other Authors: Wolter, John Amadeus, 1925-
Format: Map
Language:English
Latin
Catalan
Published: Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 1981.
Subjects:
Nautical charts > Mediterranean Region > Early works to 1800.
Nautical charts > Europe > Early works to 1800.
Early maps > Facsimiles.
Manuscript maps > Early works to 1800.
Description
Item Description:Pictorial map.
Ill. titles in Catalan.
"Mateus Prunes, In Civitate majorica, anno. 1559."
Facsim. of a ms. portolan chart in the Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress.
From a limited edition of 500 copies.
Oriented with north to the right.
Accompanied by text by John A. Wolter ([4] pages ; 22 cm.).
Original described as item number 7 in Ristow's and Skelton's Nautical charts on vellum in the Library of Congress, 1977.
Cartographic material.
Physical Description:1 map : color ; 94 x 64 cm.