Map of Europe, 1570. The traditional portolan chart - the large, single-sheet, hand-drawn map of the Mediterranean region - still flourished a full century after the advent of map printing. It marked latitude but not longitude, was almost always drawn at a scale of 1:6 million, and lacked any interest in northern Europe. In this example, Britain and Scandinavia are inaccurately mapped, and the Baltic fades into a blank emptiness.
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Map of Europe, 1570. The traditional portolan chart - the large, single-sheet, hand-drawn map of the Mediterranean region - still flourished a full century after the advent of map printing. It marked latitude but not longitude, was almost always drawn at a scale of 1:6 million, and lacked any interest in northern Europe. In this example, Britain and Scandinavia are inaccurately mapped, and the Baltic fades into a blank emptiness.

Date

1570

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM25A15_432

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

50,0Mo (2,7Mo) / 43,4cm x 28,9cm / 5122 x 3412 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Europe Africa Latin coast library coastal map coastline chart continent geography color Mediterranean location century cartography navigation British Library North Africa Mediterranean Sea Colour 16th century British Isles sixteenth century map-making portolan TGN map Mapmaking Diego Homem Homem Diego Heritage Art

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