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230-250 Dura-Europas
c. 250 Peutinger Map
540 The Christian Topography
1154 al-Idrīsī’s Kitāb nuzhat al-mushtāq fi’khitrāq al-āfāq (Book of Roger)
1283 Marvels of Creation and Rarities of Existence
Late 1200s Carte Pisane
c. 1300-1350 Giovanni da Carignano Map
c. 1300 Hereford World Map
1311 Pietro Vesconte Map of Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea
1313 Pietro Vesconte Map of the Black Sea
1339 Dulcert Map
1375 Catalan Atlas
c. 1400-1450 Portolan chart: Lyon, Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon, Ms. 179
Early 1400s Early Latin translation of Ptolemy’s Geography
1409 Albertino de Virga Map
1447 Portolan chart: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Rés. Ge. C 4607
c. 1450 Fra Mauro World Map
230-250 Dura-Europas
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Supplément grec 13542 V
Provenance: Shield decoration; 450 x 180 mm
Online catalogue: Link
c. 250 Peutinger Map
Held in: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Codex 324
Provenance: 180 x 240 mm
Online catalogue: Link
540 The Christian Topography
Held in: Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Gr. 699, f. 40v
Provenance: Cosmas Indicopleustes
Digitized: Link
1154 al-Idrīsī’s Kitāb nuzhat al-mushtāq fi’khitrāq al-āfāq (Book of Roger)
Oldest surviving copy (of 1325) is held in: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Arabe 2221
Provenance: Muhammad al-Idrisi; Sicily; several copies survive
Online catalogue: Link
1283 Marvels of Creation and Rarities of Existence
Surviving copies include: Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, USA, Ref. W 593, ff. 52v-53r
Provenance: Zakariyya’ al-Qazwini; many copies survive
Online catalogue of copy from 1580: Link
Late 1200s Carte Pisane
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, GE B-1118
Online catalogue: Link
c. 1300-1350 Giovanni da Carignano Map
Before its destruction in WWII, held in: Florence, Archivio di Stato di Firenze, CN 2
Provenance: Giovanni da Carignano; Genoa;
Digitized: Link
c. 1300 Hereford World Map
Held in: Hereford Cathedral
Provenance: English
Digitized: Link
1311 Pietro Vesconte Map of Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea
Held in: Florence, Archivio di Stato di Firenze, CN 01
Provenance: Pietro Vesconte; Venice; 630 x 480 mm
Digitized: Link
1313 Pietro Vesconte Map of the Black Sea
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, CPL GE DD-687 (RES)
Provenance: Pietro Vesconte; Italy; 480 x 440 mm
Online catalogue: Link
1339 Dulcert Map
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, GE B-696 (RES)
Provenance: Angelino Dulcert; Palma; 760 x 1020 mm
Online catalogue: Link
1375 Catalan Atlas
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS. Espagnol 30
Provenance: Possibly by Abraham Cresques; Catalan; 645 x 250 mm
Online catalogue: Link
c. 1400-1450 Portolan chart: Lyon, Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon, Ms. 179
Held in: Lyon, Bibliothèque Municipale de Lyon, Ms. 179
Provenance: Anonymous; 284 x 222 mm
Online catalogue: Link
Early 1400s Early Latin translation of Ptolemy’s Geography
Held in: Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Lat. 5698
Digitized: Link
1409 Albertino de Virga Map
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Registre C ; 21142
Provenance: Albertinus de Virga; Italian; 430 x 680 mm
Online catalogue: Link
Digitized: Link
1447 Portolan chart: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Rés. Ge. C 4607
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Rés. Ge. C 4607
Provenance: Gabriel de Valesca; Majorca; 590 x 940 mm
Digitized: Link
c. 1450 Fra Mauro World Map
Surviving copies include: Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, Il Mappamondo di Fra’ Mauro
Provenance: Fra Mauro; Venice; 2300 x 2300 mm
Digitized: Yes
General Bibliography
J.B. Harley and David Woodward (eds.). The History of Cartography: 6 Vols. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1987-.
Tony Campbell. “Portolan Charts from the Late Thirteenth Century to 1500.” History of Cartography, Vol. 1, edited by J. B. Harley and David Woodward.Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1987: 371-463.
Tony Campbell. “Census of Pre-Sixteenth-Century Portolan Charts.” Imago Mundi 38.1 (1986): 67-94.
Peter Barber. The Map Book. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.
Karen C. Pinto. Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Anton Gordeev. Cartography of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov: Retrospective up to 1700. Ученым Советом географическогофакультета Киевского национальногоуниверситета имени Тараса Шевченко:Moscow, 2007.