Author: Pedro Reinel Date: c. 1519 Country: Portugal Archive: Bayerische Staatsbibliothek Call number: Cod.icon. 132 Dimensions: 620 x 893 mm Medea Database Entry | Entrada na Base de Dados Medea The nautical chart Kunstmann I is a manuscript on a single parchment skin. The chart takes its name from the plate number from an atlas of facsimiles published in 1859 in which it was reproduced. An inscription reads “pedro Reinel a fez” (Pedro Reinel made this), attesting to its pro

Date: 15th century Country: Italy Archive: Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon Call number: ms. 179 Dimensions: 310 x 230 Medea Database Entry | Entrada Base de Dados Medea This anonymous 15th century atlas is a luxury collection of four sea charts on parchment pasted onto wooden boards. The atlas takes its name from the escutcheon (coat of arms) of the powerful Venetian Cornaro clan emblazoned on its cover boards, indicating its earliest owners. Attempts at dating the atlas hav

Author | Autor Gerardus Mercator Date | Data 1569 Country | País County of Flanders (present day Belgium) Archive | Arquivo Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Basel University Library, Maritime Museum of Rotterdam Call number | Número de Catálogo GE A-1064 (RES) (Bibliothèque Nationale de France) Dimensions | Dimensões 2000 X 1330 mm Medea Database Entry | Entrada na Base de Dados Medea Nova et aucta orbis terrae descriptio ad usum navigantium emendate accomodata (‘New and aug