Before google maps, we had these.This week, we’re looking at atlases and maps in manuscripts.L
Before google maps, we had these.This week, we’re looking at atlases and maps in manuscripts.LJS 28, created by Battista Agnese in 16th century Venice, is a 7 double-page manuscript of navigational maps, marked with place names and rhumb-lines. The manuscript is titled Portolan Maps, given by the cataloger.To view the full digitized version and the rest of the maps in LJS 28, visit Openn:http://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs28.html -- source link
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