Original Manuscript Portolano fo the Mediterranean

Item author: Georgio Calapoda of Crete
Item date: 1560
Grant Value: 150
Item cost pre-decimal: 400
Item date acquired: 1958
Item institution: National Library of Scotland
Town/City: Edinburgh

Written on vellum, the greater part of Europe is shown, including the British Isles and North Africa; fully illuminated and decorated with flags, coats of arms, pictures of towns and cities and the King of Spain on his throne. Illustrated as plate II of AR