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Portolan chart of the western and central Mediterranean (Bartomeu Olives)
Portolan chart of the western and central Mediterranean, Bartomeu Olives, 1538
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Num. inventory: 9796
Object name: portolan chart
Title: Portolan chart of the western and central Mediterranean
Object date: 1538
Author: Bartomeu Olives
Technique and material: coloured drawing on parchment
Cartography
Nautical chart on coloured parchment, made in Majorca in 1538 by Bartomeu Olives. Bartomeu and his brother Jaume founded a dynasty of Majorcan mapmakers active from 1538 to 1588 in the cities of Messina, Venice and Palermo.
The chart shows the western and central Mediterranean up to Crete, the Atlantic shores of the Iberian Peninsula up to Finisterre, and the coast of North Africa. On the neck of the parchment, located to the west, there is a representation of Saint Nicholas.
