Portolan charts; their origin and characteristics, with a descriptive list of those belonging to the Hispanic society of America (1911)
Stevenson, Edward Luther, 1858-1944, Parr, Charles McKew donor, Parr, Ruth, donor, Hispanic Society of America · New York [The Knickerbocker Press] · leaf 98
ea, recording in the interior regions onlythe names of the several countries. 2. Chart two includes the central and western Medi-terranean, having compass roses which are especially welldrawn. The several countries of central Europe are eachdistinguished bj^ the representation of at least one… … 18, GIOVANNI MARTINES, 1582 CHART THREE OF ATLAS. p. 20) that a different scale of measurement was used forthe Atlantic coast from that used for the Mediterraneancoast. England and Ireland are remarkably well repre-sented as is the Baltic with the entire Scandinavian region. 4. Chart four includes…
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![An illustration from The English pilot. [cartographic material] : The fourth book. Describing The West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly delineating The Sea Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Streights, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage, with all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbadoes, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama Islands. Also, A new Description of Newfoundland, New England, New York, East and West New- Jersey, Dellawar Bay, Virginia, Maryland, Carolina. showing, The Courses and Distances from one Place to another; the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, the Setting of the Tides and Currents, &c. With many other Things necessary to be known in Navigation. (1775)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-englishpilotcart00thor-93-355.webp)
![An illustration from The English pilot. [cartographic material] : The fourth book. Describing The West-India navigation, from Hudson's Bay to the River Amazones. Particularly delineating The Sea Coasts, Capes, Headlands, Rivers, Bays, Roads, Havens, Harbours, Streights, Rocks, Sands, Shoals, Banks, Depths of Water, and Anchorage, with all the Islands therein, as Jamaica, Cuba, Hispaniola, Barbadoes, Antigua, Bermudas, Porto Rico, and the rest of the Caribbee and Bahama Islands. Also, A new Description of Newfoundland, New England, New York, East and West New- Jersey, Dellawar Bay, Virginia, Maryland, Carolina. showing, The Courses and Distances from one Place to another; the Ebbing and Flowing of the Sea, the Setting of the Tides and Currents, &c. With many other Things necessary to be known in Navigation. (1775)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-englishpilotcart00thor-16-43.webp)
