<oai_dc:dc xmlns:oai_dc="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc/ http://www.openarchives.org/OAI/2.0/oai_dc.xsd"><dc:title>Portolan chart of the Mediterranean Sea, the North Atlantic Ocean, the Black Sea, and the northwestern African coast.</dc:title><dc:creator>Becharius, Franciscus.</dc:creator><dc:date>[1403]</dc:date><dc:description>"Francischus becharius cuius lanue [con]posuit cartam presentem i[n] civitate Saone millessimo ccc̊c tercio de mense febry."</dc:description><dc:description>Contains one compass rose.</dc:description><dc:description>Decoration: city views with banners.</dc:description><dc:description>Imperfect: left edge torn and repaired with manuscript (17th century?) paper waste.</dc:description><dc:description>Includes degrees of latitude along left edge: 26°N to 55°N.</dc:description><dc:description>Pen-and-ink in black, red, blue and green.</dc:description><dc:description>Portolan chart with seaport names given for all coastlines.</dc:description><dc:description>Scale of leagues at upper and lower edges. Includes two additional bar scales, "Duitse mylen" and "Spaenis mylen."</dc:description><dc:description>Title devised by cataloger.</dc:description><dc:format>cartographic</dc:format></oai_dc:dc>