

- 25 de nov. de 2021
- 4 min
Chart of the Week | The Turin Planisphere, c. 1523, Spain
Author | Autor Unknown | Desconhecido Date | Data c. 1523 Country | País Spain | Espanha Archive | Arquivo Royal Library of Turin (Biblioteca Reale di Torino) Call number | Número de Catálogo Mss. Vari III 175 Dimensions | Dimensão 2014 x 1000 mm Medea DB Entry | Entrada Medea DB The Turin Planisphere, probably completed in 1523, is the first extant nautical planisphere produced with geographical information brought back after the completion of the historic circumnavigation o
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- 18 de nov. de 2021
- 4 min
Chart of the Week | Martin Waldseemüller, 1516, France
Author | Autor Martin Waldseemüller Date | Data 1516 Country | País Duchy of Lorraine, now France Archive | Arquivo Library of Congress Call number | Número de Catálogo G1015 .S43 1517 Dimensions | Dimensões 128 x 233 cm Medea-Chart DB entry | Entrada Medea-Chart BD Nine years after his first printed world map, Martin Waldseemüller (c. 1470–1520) published an even more innovative depiction of the world on twelve sheets of paper. Much of the geography of the first map was base
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![Anonymous chart of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, [ca. 1325-50]](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/fae318_ce7607abcf1e4dc1abb8131b6a621992~mv2.jpeg/v1/fill/w_358,h_269,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/fae318_ce7607abcf1e4dc1abb8131b6a621992~mv2.jpeg)
- 11 de nov. de 2021
- 5 min
Anonymous chart of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, [ca. 1325-50]
Author | Autor Anonymous | Anónimo Date | Data [ca. 1325-50] Country | País [Italy] | [Itália] Archive | Arquivo Library of Congress Call number | Número de Catálogo G5672.M4P5 13-- .P6 Dimensions | Dimensões 430 mm x 590 mm Medea DB Entry | Entrada Medea DB The fragment kept at the Library of Congress, in Washington, is the oldest nautical chart archived in North America. The dating of this artefact has been approached from at least two different angles. In 1977, J. E. Kelle
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