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1 item extracted from E 122/165/10. Part of a portolan chart of the eastern Mediterranean...
Catalogue reference: MPB 1/38
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This record is about the 1 item extracted from E 122/165/10. Part of a portolan chart of the eastern Mediterranean... dating from [? early 14th century] in the series Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MPB 1/38
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Date (When the record was created)
- [? early 14th century]
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Description (What the record is about)
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1 item extracted from E 122/165/10. Part of a portolan chart of the eastern Mediterranean and the western Black Sea, showing Crete, Cyprus, Greece, Turkey, the coasts of Bulgaria and Romania, and the Crimea. The outline is drawn in black ink (now faded to brown); place names in red and black (brown) ink; rhumb lines in red; several islands in the Aegean Sea coloured red. Four compass roses. G.R. Crone, Royal Geographical Society, examined a photograph of the map in 1976. He thought the map might be early 14th century, but could be a later copy. Some names, in his view inked over by a sixteenth-century scribe, he was able to identify as follows: Black Sea: Mauro Castro, Falconari, Fidonixi, Soldaia, Pagropolli; Asia Minor: Landramiti, Foia, Palatia and Satalia. Filed with it is a black and white photograph of the chart.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- The map had been used as the cover of an account of 37/38 Henry VIII.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Dimensions (The size of the record)
- 33 cmx23 cm
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Publication note(s) (A note of publications related to the record)
- Maps and Plans in the Public Record Office: 4. Europe and Turkey, ed Geraldine Beech (London, 1998), entry 216.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C3982867/
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MPB 1
Public Record Office: Maps and plans extracted to flat storage from various series...
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1 item extracted from E 122/165/10. Part of a portolan chart of the eastern Mediterranean...
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