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Section 1: The British Isles and Surrounding Islands [1-10] | |
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Extract from the 1473 Grazioso Benincasa atlas, Egerton MS.2855 - Courtesy of the British Library. See the full scan here |
Section 2: The Canary Islands [11-17] | |
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Extract from the 1489 Albino de Canepa chart - Courtesy of the James Ford Bell Library, University of
Minnesota. See the full scan here |
Section 3: The Western Mediterranean [18-29] |
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Balearic Islands
Rhône Delta
Central Mediterranean
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Extract from the 1403 Francesco Beccari chart - Courtesy of the Beinecke Library, Yale University.
See the full scan here [requires MrSID browser] |
Section 4: The Ionian Islands and Aegean [30-40] | |
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Ionian Islands
Aegean
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Extract from the 1489 Albino de Canepa chart - Courtesy of the James Ford Bell Library, University of
Minnesota. See the full scan here |
Section 5: The Black Sea [41-47] |
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Danube Delta
Dnipro Estuary
East Coast
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Extract from the 1489 Albino de Canepa chart - Courtesy of the James Ford Bell Library, University of
Minnesota. See the full scan here |
Section 6: The Nile Delta [48-51] | |
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Extract from the 1489 Albino de Canepa chart - Courtesy of the James Ford Bell Library, University of
Minnesota. See the full scan here |
The protuberances on Majorca and Minorca |
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Extract from the 1403 Francesco Beccari chart - Courtesy of the Beinecke Library, Yale University.
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The detached initial 'a' of Aigues Mortes | |
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Unusually, in
this case the 'a' has been repeated. Extract from the 1403 Francesco Beccari chart - Courtesy of the Beinecke Library,
Yale University. See the full scan here |
The distinctive shapes of Paxos [31] and Zakynthos [35] |
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Extract from the 1403 Francesco Beccari chart - Courtesy of the Beinecke Library, Yale University.
See the full scan here [requires MrSID browser] |
The line of islands between Euboea and Rhodes formed of the Cyclades and
Dodecanese, demonstrating the use of consistent mnemonic island shapes | |
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Extracts: left, from the 1403 Francesco Beccari chart - Courtesy of the Beinecke Library,
Yale University - see the full scan here
[requires MrSID browser]; right, from the 1489 Albino de Canepa chart - Courtesy of the James Ford
Bell Library, University of Minnesota - see the full scan here |
The characteristic Benincasa headings for the three parts of the British Isles |
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Extract from the 1473 Grazioso Benincasa atlas, Egerton MS.2855 - Courtesy of the British Library. See the full scan here |