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Description: | 2 engraved sheets joined centrally, laid down on figured silk. Scale: [circa 1:50,000,000]. Eliptical planispheric world map, with its prime meridian about 4 degrees east of the Canary Islands or Cape Verde. The latitude scales include climatic zones. There is a note on how to find distances at bottom left and a dedication at bottom right (obscured by damage) to Bartholamio ....o getilhomo .... The map is decorated with ships and abundant fantastic sea- and land-creatures and there are wind heads in the top corners.
caption: Universale descrittione di tutta la terro conosciuta fin qui. Ferando berteli exc. 1565. Front.
caption: Universale descrittione di tutta la terro conosciuta fin qui. Ferando berteli exc. 1565. Back.
caption: G201:1/35 Planisphere
caption: Map of the South Atlantic by LaFreri | Publisher: | "http://collections.rmg.co.uk/" | Rights holder: | "Royal Museums Greenwich" | Source: | Royal Museums Greenwich | Identifier: | http://collections.rmg.co.uk/collections... | Go to resource |
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