[Dutch Portolan chart of the Java Sea]

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

Details
Date
c.1700
Attributes

Compass Rose

Rhumbline Network

Scale

Longitude and Latitude

Insets

Elevation

Features

Bathymetry

Maritime Route

Mountain/Volcano

Reef

Shoal

Library Catalogue

Title
[Dutch Portolan chart of the Java Sea.] [In manuscript.] [cartographic material]
Publication Date
[ca. 1700]
Map Data
Scale ca. 1:1,750,000.
Format
1 map
Extent
1 scans.
Additional Information
[S.n.]
Publisher Details
[S.l.] : [S.n.]
Subjects
Java Sea (Indonesia) -- Maps; Maps
Shelfmark
MS D1 (185) [10] (Weston Stack)
Permalink
http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/permalink/f/1vrc72e/oxfaleph020251331
Aleph System Number
20251331
Miscellaneous Notes

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

Open note in new window Notes for Bodleian Library: MS D1 (185) [10] Prev. shelfmark: MS Maps Indian Ocean a.1

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