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Map of Stalimene (Lemnos or Limnos; Aegean island) with place names in Italian (including La Scala, or Skala, the site of a medieval fort). Sea monsters in the water, including a centipede-whale chimaera in top right. Eight-pointed compass rose. Italian text from book of origin on verso.


cartography
1576-01-02
PERMANENT COLLECTION
Hart Nautical
Porro, Girolamo; Calignani, Simon; Angelieri, Giorgio
ink; laid paper; mounting
5 in x 6 1/2 in
Italy: Venice