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Nautical chart, Title devised by staff, Depths indicated by stippling, Map is in Portuguese with some placenames in Latin, Tropics and Equator marked. Lat.degrees given on a meridian E. of tip of Arabian Peninsula. This chart gives the coasts and islands of the Indian Ocean, Red Sea and Persian Gulf,from G. Pigena ( N. of Cape Town ) to the tip of Ceylon. Sandbanks and rocks marked. One compass rose [low. r.]. ß with rhumb lines. On the left are plans of the harbour of Mobaça, Mosanbique, Sofala and Ilha de Sacatora.BM. Maps. 66945 (3). Appears in Relation de divers voyages curieux....par Melchisédek Thévenot. Paris,1696. fol. (Tibbetts), The chart also includes insets of the key trading posts and harbors at Mombassa, Mozambique and Sofala, as well as a detail chart of the island of Socotra, the primary Portugese trading points after rounding the Cape of Good Hope en route to India., Main Heritage Display General, HC.MAP.00410, Print Map, Item-ID: i11401151, BIB-ID: 1172458 |
