Author | Autor [Luís Teixeira] Date | Data c.1585 Country | País Portugal Archive | Arquivo Museu de Marinha, Lisboa Call number | Número de Catálogo MM.05517 Dimensions | Dimensões 798 x 572 mm Medea DB Entry | Entrada Medea DB A manuscript nautical chart drawn in vellum is preserved in the Museu de Marinha (Navy Museum) in Lisbon, representing the Philippine Sea and the west part of the Pacific Ocean. Although unsigned and undated, Armando Cortesão and Teixeira da Mota did

Author | Autor [Simão Fernandes] Date | Data 1580 Country | País [Portugal] Archive | Arquivo British Library Call number | Número Catálogo Cotton Roll XIII, 48. Dimensions | Dimensões 1210 x 830 mm Medea DB | Medea BD Over the centuries, nautical charts have been destroyed for a variety of reasons - sometimes simply because a piece of parchment was deemed more valuable as a book cover than for the outdated chart drafted upon it. The destiny of this unfinished chart would pr

Author | Autor [Battista Agnese] Date | Data 1514-1552 Country | País Italy Archive | Arquivo Washington, D.C., Library of Congress Call number | Número d Catálogo G5672.M4P5 15-- .P6, Vellum 13 Dimension | Dimensões 510 x 770 mm Medea DB Entry | Entrada BD Medea Stand-alone nautical charts from the early modern period have not had an easy fate, and the present-day appearance of many anonymous charts only hints at their original aspect, complicating attributions. A little-not