Portolan chart of English Channel and North Atlantic, 1668, 1668
File — Box: 3
Call Number: MS J7:3
Scope and Contents
Made by "Nicholas Comberford dwellings at the Signs of the Platt neare the most End of the Schools House in Ratcliffe Anno 1668 This Scale Containeth One Hondreth English Leagues Twentie Leagues to One Degree."
Area covered by the chart:
Northermost: slightly north of Dundee (almost 57' N)
East: Calais (1° 30' E)
South: Arosa, Spain? (ca 42° 50' N)
West: Atlantic (ca 12° W)
Dates
- Creation: 1668
Extent
1 Leaves (1 sheet, formerly bound as folio) : Material: Parchment. Nail-holes in corners. Scribe:Comberford. Ornamentation: In colors and gold.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Maggs, 1969.
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository