Title supplied by cataloger., Nineteenth century forgery of a portlan chart., Manuscript note in accompanying case: A manuscript portolan on vellum probably executed by a Spanish chartmaker circa 1550, the coasts outlined in green with place names in gothic letters of red and black, decorated with devices of the sun and moon in umber heightened with gold, 14 x 9 inches. This chart is a rare example from its unusally small size. RH. 7487., and Pen and ink wash color on parchment, in Italian, in unidentified hand.
Title supplied by cataloger. and "This book of charts was taken out of a Chinese trading junk of between 400 & 500 tons burden, trading from the gulf of Pechili in China to the straits of Singapore, by Philip Bean, of H.M.S. Herald, in the year of 1841; the junk being taken as a seige by the 'Herald'"--inscription from front free endpaper in 19th century hand.