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

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

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