A scarce copy of a portolan chart of Spain and North Africa
Carta di Andrea Bianco Veneto in pergamena del 1436, chi si conserva nella Biblioteca di S. Marco.
Venice, 1782. 270 x 385mm.
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A scarce copy of a portolan chart of Spain and North Africa & BIANCO, Andrea,Stock #: 24790Similar to Sell?
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An 18th century copy of an important manuscript sea chart of Spain, north-western Africa and the islands of the Atlantic, including the phantom islands of 'Brasil' and 'Antilla'.
According to Irish legend Brasil appears from sea mist once every seven years;
according to the Spanish 'Antilla' was found by seven Christian Visigothic bishops fleeing the Muslim conquest of Iberia in the 8th century.
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