[Dutch portolan chart of the Lesser Sunda Islands]

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Hand-drawn portolan (nautical) chart of the Lesser Sunda Islands, featuring a rhumbline network (the web of interconnected lines), shoals, reefs, elevations (side views of landmark mountains), and names of coastal settlements, all to aid navigation.

Details
Date
c.1700
Attributes

Compass Rose

Longitude and Latitude

Rhumbline Network

Scale

Insets

Elevation

Features

Mountain/Volcano

Reef

Shoal

Library Catalogue

Title
[Dutch portolan chart of the Lesser Sunda Is.] [In manuscript.] [cartographic material]
Publication Date
[ca. 1700]
Map Data
Scale ca. 1:800,000.
Format
1 map
Extent
1 scans.
Additional Information
[S.n.]
Publisher Details
[S.l.] : [S.n.]
Subjects
Lesser Sunda Islands -- Maps; Timor Island -- Maps; Maps
Shelfmark
MS D1 (185) [12] (Weston Stack)
Permalink
http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/1vrc72e/oxfaleph020251303
Aleph System Number
20251303
Miscellaneous Notes

General Note: Islands: Coastal names: Bearings.
Copy-specific Notes

Open note in new window Notes for Bodleian Library: MS D1 (185) [12] Prev. shelfmark: MS Maps Indian Ocean a.1

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