

- 30 de set. de 2021
- 5 min
Chart of the Week | Pesaro (or Oliveriana) Planisphere, anonymous, c. 1504-1525, Italy
Author | Autor Anonymous Date | Data c. 1504-1525? Country | País Italy Archive | Arquivo Pesaro, Italy, Biblioteca Oliveriana Call number | Número de Catálogo Perg. 1940 Dimensions | Dimensões 1220 x 2060 mm Medea DB Entry | Entrada Medea DB The manuscript planisphere known as the Pesaro or Oliveriana planisphere is anonymous and without date. It is usually dated sometime between 1504 and 1512 but could be later. Sometimes suggested to be made by Spanish cartographers or by
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- 23 de set. de 2021
- 4 min
Chart of the Week | Anonymous Portuguese chart, after c. 1471
Author | Autor Anonymous (anónimo) Date | Data After (após) 1471 Country | País Portugal Archive | Arquivo Biblioteca Estense Universitaria Call Number | Número de catálogo C.G.A.5.C Dimensions | Dimensões 617 x 732 mm Meda-Chart DB entry | Entrada Medea-Chart BD A manuscript nautical chart of the last decades of the 15th century, featuring the Atlantic coasts of Europe and Africa from Normandy to the Gulf of Guinea, is kept in the Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, Modena. Al
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- 16 de set. de 2021
- 5 min
Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Western Europe, Francesco Beccari, 1403
Author | Autor Francesco Beccari Date | Data 1403 Country | País Savona (Italy) Archive | Arquivo Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Call number | Número de catálogo Art Storage 1980 158 Dimensions | Dimensões 1390 x 930 mm Medea-Chart DB entry | Entrada Medea-Chart BD Produced in Savona and drawn on two sheets of parchment glued together, this chart by Francesco Beccari has been the object of persistent scholarly attention for its unusual inscription, found on the low
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