
![Chart of the Week | [Pedro Reinel], c. 1517, Portugal](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fae318_3a4d682aa2f34f10aeba1a8a58393ca1~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_358,h_269,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fae318_3a4d682aa2f34f10aeba1a8a58393ca1~mv2.jpeg)
- 26 de ago. de 2021
- 5 min
Chart of the Week | [Pedro Reinel], c. 1517, Portugal
Author | Autor [Pedro Reinel] Date | Data c. 1517 Country | País Portugal Archive | Arquivo Bibliothèque nationale de France Call Number | Número de Catálogo CPL GE AA-565 (RES) Medea DB Entry | Entrada BD Medea Among the old maps and charts previously kept at the Library of the German Army, lost after World War II, the chart attributed to Pedro Reinel from c. 1517, depicting the Indian Ocean and the Moluccas, was one of the most valued. Two reproductions survived: the colour
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- 19 de ago. de 2021
- 5 min
Chart of the Week | Chart of the Atlantic and Caribbean Sea, Diego Gutierrez, 1550, Spain
Author | Autor Diego Gutierrez Date | Data 1550 Country | País Spain | Espanha Archive | Arquivo Bibliothèque Nationale de France Call number | Número de Catálogo GE SH ARCH-2 Dimensions | Dimensões 1318 x 855 mm Medea DB Entry | Entrada BD Medea The graphical features of this chart, with its multiple latitude scales and disjointed lines for the Equator and Tropic of Cancer, are peculiar. What a viewer might not expect, however, is that these elements were at the center of a
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- 12 de ago. de 2021
- 5 min
Chart of the Week | Jacopo Russo, 1520, Italy
Author | Autor Jacopo Russo
Date | Data 1520
Country | País Messina, Italy
Archive | Arquivo Archivio di Stato di Firenze
Call number | Número de Catálogo CN 12
Dimensions | Dimensões 1055 x 670 mm
Medea DB Entry | Entrada BD Medea Jacopo Russo, son of Pietro Russo, was a second-generation chart maker from Sicily whose workshop was originally situated near the docks of Messina. Although relatively far from the cutting-edge of navigation and nautical cartography, which had lon
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