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De maximo, ac terribili bello Suecorum, ac Gothorum: cui Starchaterus praefuit contra Danos. Text in Latin below image and on reverse.; Page No.168.
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Heluetios olim…Suiceros…. Iodoco a Meggen Lucernati Praetorianum Praefecto Ant. Salamanca S. Heluetios olim uir clariss nunc Suiceros, Gallorum gentem bellicosissimam fuisse, eorum in omni saeculo praeclare gesta testantus…Romae OODLV
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National Maritime Museum

Liber Quintus. Text in Latin below image and on reverse.; Page No.168.
1555
National Maritime Museum

Medal commemorating Queen Mary of Hungary, Regent of the Netherlands. Medal commemorating Queen Mary of Hungary, Regent of the Netherlands. Obverse: Bust of Queen Mary of Hungary in a cap, embroidered dress and necklace (front), face (right). Legend: �
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National Maritime Museum

[Atlantic coasts of Europe and west Mediterranean]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:6 000 000]. Contents Note: Cities; compass rose. ound in an atlas of nine charts and maps folded concertina-fashion with A-J on one side and 1-8 on th
1555
National Maritime Museum

[Bay of Bengal, east India and Sri Lanka]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:6 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Contents Note: Cities; compass rose. Bound in an atlas of nine charts and maps folded concertina-fashion w
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[Caribbean]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:10 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Contents Note: One ship; compass roses. ound in an atlas of nine charts and maps folded concertina-fashion with A-J on one side and 1-8
1555
National Maritime Museum

[Caspian Sea]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:6 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at approx. 130 degrees. Additional Places: Russia, Iran. Contents Note: Cities depicted. Bound in an atlas of nine charts and maps folded concertina-f
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[Central Mediterranean]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:6 000 000]. Contents Note: Cities shown. ound in an atlas of nine charts and maps folded concertina-fashion with A-J on one side and 1-8 on the other. The items all have rhumb l
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National Maritime Museum

[East Mediterranean and Black Sea]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1: 6 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Contents Note: Cities; compass rose. Bound in an atlas of nine charts and maps folded concertina-fashion with A-
1555
National Maritime Museum

[Hormuz to Calicut]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. The coastline is fantastically inaccurate. Contents Note: Text notes. Cities; compass rose. Bound in an atlas of nine charts and maps folded concertina-f
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[Mediterranean and north east Atlantic]. Single sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum, with neck. Scale: [ca. 1:8 000 000]. Cartographic Note: Latitude scale and two distance scales. Contents Note: Decorated with flags, heraldic shields and compass roses.
1555
National Maritime Museum

[North Atlantic, Newfoundland to Brazil]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:15 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 90 degrees. Contents Note: Two ships; compass rose. ound in an atlas of nine charts and maps folded concertina-fashion
1555
National Maritime Museum

[Red Sea and Persian Gulf]. Bound sheet. Col. ms. Medium: Vellum. Scale: [ca. 1:7 000 000]. Cartographic Note: North at 180 degrees. Contents Note: Shows cities including Medina (Makka) and Babylon. Bound in an atlas of nine charts and maps folded concer
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National Maritime Museum

[World map in two hemispheres in gores]. World map in two hemispheres in 36 gores. Polar projections. The map is copied from Mercator's 1538 double cordiform projection. Two corners contain circular portraits of Ptolemy and an unnamed person thought
[1555]
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