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230-250 Dura-Europos
c. 250 Peutinger Map
540 The Christian Topography
1154 al-Idrīsī
1283 Marvels of Creation and Rarities of Existence
Late 1200s Carte Pisane
c. 1300-1350 Giovanni da Carignano
c. 1300 Hereford Map
1311 Pietro Vesconte
1313 Pietro Vesconte
1335-1350 Opicinus de Canistris
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
1447 Portolan chart: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, Rés. Ge. C 4607
c. 1450 Fra Mauro
230-250 Dura-Europos
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, Supplément grec 13542 V
Notes: Shield decoration; 450 x 180 mm
Online catalogue: Link
c. 250 Peutinger Map
Held in: Vienna, Österreichische Nationalbibliothek, Codex 324
Notes: 180 x 240 mm
Online catalogue: Link
540 The Christian Topography
Held in: Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Gr. 699, f. 40v
Notes: Made by 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
Notes: Made by Muhammad al-Idrisi; made in 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
Notes: Made by Zakariyya’ al-Qazwini; many copies survive
Online catalogue of the copy made in 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
Notes: Made by Giovanni da Carignano; made in Genoa
Digitized: Link
c. 1300 Hereford World Map
Held in: Hereford Cathedral
Notes: English
Digitized: Link
1311 Pietro Vesconte Map of Eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea
Held in: Florence, Archivio di Stato di Firenze, CN 01
Notes: Made by Pietro Vesconte; made in 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)
Notes: Made by Pietro Vesconte; made in Italy; 480 x 440 mm
Online catalogue: Link
1335-1350 Opicinus de Canistris: portolan & anthropomorphic maps
Held in: Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Vat. Lat. 6435; Vatican City, Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana, Pal. Lat. 1993
Digitized:
Link 1 (Vat. Lat. 6435, ff. 53v-54r, 58r, 61r-61v, 68v-69v, 71r-71v, 73v, 74v, 76v-77r, 78r, 79v, 82r, 84r-85r, 87v)
Link 2 (Pal. Lat. 1993, ff. 2r, 4v, 5r, 13v, 20r, 21r, 22r, 22v)
1339 Dulcert Map
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale, GE B-696 (RES)
Notes: Made by Angelino Dulcert; made in Palma; 760 x 1020 mm
Online catalogue: Link
1375 Catalan Atlas
Held in: Paris, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, MS. Espagnol 30
Notes: Possibly made 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
Notes: Anonymous author; 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
Notes: Made by 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
Notes: Made by Gabriel de Valesca; made in Majorca; 590 x 940 mm
Digitized: Link
c. 1450 Fra Mauro World Map
Surviving copies include: Venice, Biblioteca Marciana, Il Mappamondo di Fra’ Mauro
Notes: Made by Fra Mauro; made in Venice; 2300 x 2300 mm
Digitized: Link
General Bibliography
Harley, J.B. and David Woodward (eds.). The History of Cartography: 6 Vols. Chicago: Chicago University Press, 1987-.
Barber, Peter. The Map Book. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2005.
Pinto, Karen C.. Medieval Islamic Maps: An Exploration. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2016.
Campbell, Tony. “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.
Campbell, Tony. “Census of Pre-Sixteenth-Century Portolan Charts.” Imago Mundi 38.1 (1986): 67-94.
Gordeev, Anton. Cartography of the Black Sea and Sea of Azov: Retrospective up to 1700. Ученым Советом географическогофакультета Киевского национальногоуниверситета имени Тараса Шевченко:Moscow, 2007.