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Portolan chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sea of Azov by Pietro Russo
Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sea of Azov, Pietro Russo, 1508
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Num. inventory: 841
Object name: portolan chart
Title: Portolan Chart of the Mediterranean, Black Sea and Sea of Azov
Object date: 1508
Author: Pietro Russo
Technique and material: coloured drawing on parchment.
Cartography
Nautical chart signed by Pietro Russo in Messina in 1508. Drawn on a whole piece of parchment with the neck towards the west, it includes some notable elements, like Scotland separated from England or a still-independent Kingdom of Granada, even though the Catholic Monarchs had conquered it sixteen years prior.
It shows several characteristic traits of Majorcan cartography, like the representation of the Atlas Mountains in the shape of a palm tree, the Danube as a chain and certain notable cities bearing flags, such as Genoa, Venice, Cairo, Damascus or Jerusalem.
