Composite atlas of portolan charts produced by Conte di Ottomano Freducci

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Title: Composite atlas of portolan charts produced by Conte di Ottomano Freducci
Creator: Freducci, Conte di Ottomano, active 1497-1539, cartographer
Published / Created: [1536?]
Publication Place: Ancona, Italy? and Italy Ancona
Publisher: Conte di Ottomano Freducci
Description: Title devised by cataloger.
Pen-and-ink in black, red, blue, green, and gold.
Four charts, each measuring 33 x 43 cm, mounted on composite boards and edged with vellum, bound in boards covered by blue cloth with label pasted on front cover (No. [1906/242 in manuscript]).
Inscription on third chart (Mediterranean region from the Strait of Gibraltar to the coast of Greece), "Yhs ma [ver]go Conte freducci de ancona la facta nela[n]no MCCCCCXXXVJ."
Extent: 1 atlas (8 unnumbered leaves) : 33 cm
Extent of Digitization: This object has been completely digitized.
Scale: Scales differ.
Language: Latin

Genre: Early works to 1800
Atlases
Manuscript maps
Portolan charts
Material: 4 manuscript, colored charts ;
Resource Type: cartographic image
Subject (Geographic): Mediterranean Region
North Atlantic Ocean
Baltic Sea
Subject (Topic): Nautical charts
Maps
Subjects: Nautical charts > Mediterranean Region > Early works to 1800
Nautical charts > North Atlantic Ocean > Early works to 1800
Nautical charts > Baltic Sea > Early works to 1800
Mediterranean Region > Maps > Early works to 1800
North Atlantic Ocean > Maps > Early works to 1800
Baltic Sea > Maps > Early works to 1800

Access: Public
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