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Africa. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:50 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scales. Map. Contents Note: Iconography: named rulers, including Prester John; cities and trading posts; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four carto
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Chius. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:650 000]. Additional Places: Khios. Contents Note: Iconography: towns; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.M
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Creta. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:3 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Additional Places: Crete. Contents Note: Iconography: towns and cities; one ship (galley). Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items
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Cypern. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:1 200 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: Cyprus. Contents Note: Iconography: towns and castles; one ship.
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Das Heilige Land. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:1 400 000 (scale)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Additional Places: Syria, Lebanon, Israel. Contents Note: Iconography: winds; cities, towns and castles; one ship. Bound in
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Die Schiffart aus Hispanien in die newe Welt. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale on Ptolemy's meridian. Additional Places: Atlantic Ocean, Americas, Africa. Contents Note: Iconography: o
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Die Tartareioda. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: Black Sea. Contents Note: Iconography: cities. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese An
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Egipten. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:2 400 000]. Cartographic Note: Borders graduated for latitude and longitude. Additional Places: Egypt. Contents Note: Iconography: towns and cities.
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Europa. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (scale)]. Contents Note: Iconography: enthroned rulers; cities. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.May.&#
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Grichenland. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: East Mediterranean. Contents Note: Iconography: Levant towns, Hill of Golgotha. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'See
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Hispanien. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:10 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Additional Places: Iberia and NW Africa. Contents Note: Iconography: cities. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled:
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Italia. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Additional Places: Central Mediterranean. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese An
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La vera descritione di tutta la Francia e la Spagna e la Fiandra…. La vera descritione, di tutta la Francia, et la Spagna, et la Fiandra, MDLIIII. Map showing France, the Iberian peninsula, and the Low Countries.
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Lesbus. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:700 000]. Additional Places: Lesbos. Contents Note: Notes in Italian. Iconography: towns; churches; one ship (galley). Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarte
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Malta leit im Sicilischen Meer. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:200 000]. Contents Note: Houses and fortifications depicted at Valetta. Ship at sea. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Batt
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Mitternachtliche Lander. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:20 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Map. Additional Places: Denmark, Sweden, Norway. Contents Note: Iconography: north wind; towns; rulers, whale and fish. Bou
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Moscaw oder Reuss. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Additional Places: Russia. Contents Note: Iconography: cities; rulers; tents. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items
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Natolia oder die Turctei. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:4 500 000 (scale)]. Cartographic Note: North at 270 degrees. Additional Places: Aegean. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battist
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Negroponte. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:1 200 000 (scale)]. Cartographic Note: North at 315 degrees. Contents Note: Iconography: cities; Acropolis at Athens; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: &
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Persia. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Equator divided but not numbered. Additional Places: Indian Ocean. Contents Note: Iconography: winds depicted and labelled in Italian and Ger
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Peru. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:75 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale. Longitude (with repeating figures) marked along the Equator. Additional Places: Pacific Ocean, Americas, China. Contents Note: Iconography: two
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Rhodis. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:800 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: Rhodes, Turkey. Contents Note: Notes in Italian. Iconography: towns and fortifications; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled
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Sardinia und Corsica. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:8 500 000 (scale)]. Additional Places: W Mediterranean. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.May.'
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Sicilia. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:1 700 000 (scale)]. Contents Note: Iconography: churches; one ship. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.May.' T
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[World according to Ptolemy]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:110 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Planisphere. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekarten von Battista Agnese Anno MDLIV.d.IV.May.
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[World map in two hemispheres:1]. [World in two hemispheres, on two sheets. Homolographic projection] Michaelis Tramezini formis. MDLIIII. Iulius de Musis Venet. In aes incidit MDLIIII.
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[World map in two hemispheres:2]. [World in two hemispheres, on two sheets. Homolographic projection.] Michaelis Tramezini formis. MDLIIII. Iulius de Musis Venet. In aes incidit MDLIIII.
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[World]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:150 000 000 (lat)]. Cartographic Note: Oval planisphere. Contents Note: Shows Magellan's track. Iconography: winds. Bound in an atlas of twenty-four cartographic items titled: 'Seekar
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Sir James Lancaster, 1554/5-1618. Lancaster was brought up in Portugal as a merchant and soldier, but returned to England in 1587. He thereafter became a trusted employee of the London merchant Thomas Cordell, commanding his merchant ship ‘Edward
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