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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

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