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PORTOLAN CHARTS, THEIR ORIGIN AND CHARACTERISTICS, WITH A DESCRIPTIVE LIST OF THOSE BELONGING TO THE HISPANIC SOCIETY OF AMERICA.
Stevenson, Edward Luther

- (Mansfield Centre, CT : Martino Publishing Co. 2001) - 8vo. - cloth - viii, 76 pages - ISBN 1578983347 / Order Nr. 70958 - Price: $ 45.00

A facsimile of the original edition published by the Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1911 (Besterman 1153). This scarce catalogue, which includes an introductory essay and bibliography, describes thirty-two portolan charts belonging to the Hispanic Society of America, from circa 1425 to 1650, with fifteen black-and-white reproductions. The original is quite scarce, and it is no longer in print in any edition .

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