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1.
Atlas of the islands in the Eastern Mediterranean (Isolario), etc

Published / Created:
[between 1560 and 1564]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 561
Image Count:
70
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper made by an unknown Venetian mathematician, astronomer and cartographer. This manuscript is highly interesting for the excellent drawings of contemporary Mediterranean sailing-ships
Description:
In Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., and Islands of the Mediterranean.
Subject (Topic):
Atlases, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Sailing ships
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Atlas of the islands in the Eastern Mediterranean (Isolario), etc

2.
De navigatione

Creator:
Cotrugli, Benedetto, -1468, creator
Published / Created:
1464.
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 557
Image Count:
140
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of Benedetto Cotrugli (Benedictus de Cotrullis, c. 1410-1469), De navigatione liber (Della navigazione). After the prologue in Latin addressed to the Doge and the Senate of Venice, the author, quoting countless Biblical, ancient,...
Description:
The author, born in Ragusa (Dubrovnik), was a businessman and humanist, from 1451 onwards in favour at the Court of Naples. His Della mercatura e del mercante perfetto, written in 1458, was for a long time considered his only surviving work. Our manus...
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Cotrugli, Benedetto, d. 1468.
Subject (Topic):
Astronomy, Medieval, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Italian literature, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Navigation
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > De navigatione

3.
Descriptio orae maritimae Frisiae orientalis et occidentalis

Creator:
Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 5-1606
Published / Created:
[ca. 1592]
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 564
Image Count:
105
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript on paper of Lucas Janszoon Waghenaer, Descriptio Orae Maritimae Frisiae. With 2 maps on vellum: the first, with Dutch place names and Latin legend, shows the coast of the Netherlands. The other, also in Dutch, shows the southern coast of En...
Description:
In Dutch and Latin.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut, New Haven., Great Britain, and Netherlands
Subject (Name):
Waghenaer, Lucas Janszoon, 1534 or 5-1606.
Subject (Topic):
Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscript maps, Manuscripts, Medieval, and Description and travel
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Descriptio orae maritimae Frisiae orientalis et occidentalis

4.
Portolan atlas

Creator:
Agnese, Battista, active 16th century
Published / Created:
1559
Call Number:
Beinecke MS 560
Image Count:
33
Resource Type:
text
Abstract:
Manuscript on parchment of an atlas produced by the Genoese cartographer Battista Agnese (1514-1564) in Venice
Description:
In Latin and Italian.
Subject (Geographic):
Connecticut and New Haven.
Subject (Name):
Agnese, Battista, active 16th century.
Subject (Topic):
Atlases, Cosmography, Illumination of books and manuscripts, Medieval, Manuscript maps, and Manuscripts, Medieval
Found in:
Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library > Portolan atlas