• Title
  Jacobus Scottus - atlas, principally of the Mediterranean, 1592
• Creator
  Jacobus Scottus, of Genoa, active 1578-1593
• Call number
  SAFE/C 446 (Safe 1/258)
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1592
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Graphic Materials, Drawings
• Reference code
  456995
• Issue Copy
  Digitised : map of the world
  
• Physical Description
  0.01 metres of textual and graphic materials (1 volume containing 7 charts) - approx. 36cm. x 23.5cm.
  Drawings
  
• Scope and Content
  Manuscript portolan atlas on vellum, comprising seven charts. The inscription on the first chart, a map of the world, reads : 'Jacobus Scottus Genovensi loco levanti me fecisite civitate neapoli anno domini 1592'. The other six charts depict the coasts of the Mediterranean, the Black Sea, North Africa, Great Britain and Ireland, and the western coast of Europe from Denmark to Spain. The charts show features along the coastlines such as ports, towns, landmarks and navigational hazards. Rhumb lines radiating from a central compass star are colour coded to show prevailing wind directions.
• General note
  
  Includes signature of D.S. Mitchell.
  Leather cover embossed in gold.
  Digital order no:a5182001
• Subject
  Africa, North--Maps.
  Atlases.
  David Scott Mitchell Collection.
  Europe--Maps.
  Maps, Manuscript.
  Mediterranean Region--Maps.
  
• Place
  Africa, North
  Europe
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3234739

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