Collection ID: 0007 | Metadata type: TEI | TEI XML | Data

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Funders

• Council on Library and Information Resources

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Language

Origin

Place

Unknown

Summary

This manuscript is a Portolan chart, most likely created in the nineteenth century as a forgery of a sixteenth century chart. This is a single parchment leaf, focused on what is currently the northern half of South America and southern North America. A bit of west Africa is seen on the far right. Current North America is labeled as "Hispania Nova", with "Nova Franza" labeled up the east coast. Current South America is labeled "Peru" and Bresil". Port/city names are written along all coasts. "Cuba," "Hispaniola," and "Bremuda" are included. A painted medallion of God blessing creation flanked by two cherubs is located in the Pacific Ocean.

Notes

• The script is Humanistic but is pointed in a way that makes it appear slightly Gothic
   

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Support

Layout

Decoration

Small medallion in lower left, God blessing creation, flanked by two cherubs

Script

Keywords

• Portolan chart
• 19th century
• Forgery
• Chart
• Diagrams
• Drawing
• Heraldry
• Humanistic
• Medallion
• Cartography
• Maritime

Licenses

• Text

  These images and the content of Special Collections Lehigh Codex 26: Portolan Chart are free of known copyright restrictions and in the public domain. See the Creative Commons Public Domain Mark page for usage details, http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/.

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• Text

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Table of contents

• Loose leaf Side 1 — Northern half of South America and southern North America; A bit of west Africa on the far right

Decorations

• Loose leaf Side 1 — Small medallion in lower left, God blessing creation, flanked by two cherubs