Atlas del mar Mediterráneo del Atlántico oriental. [Atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Atlantic (Iceland to Cape of Good Hope)]

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Creator

Joan Martines (active 1556-1591)

Title

Atlas del mar Mediterráneo del Atlántico oriental. [Atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and Eastern Atlantic (Iceland to Cape of Good Hope)]

Coverage

Messina, Italy

Date

1582

Subject

5 illuminated manuscript charts on parchment.

Description

Joan Martines, a master cartographer who probably was of Majorcan or Catalan roots, spent most of his career in Messina. He produced dozens of nautical atlases and charts of which at least twenty atlases and eight charts survive today in public collections. The Hispanic Society’s Atlas, comprised of five charts, is remarkably well preserved and signed on the fourth chart. Rich in every detail, the charts display flags for the major cities and kingdoms, turreted cities, and a scale of distance within an undulating ribbon.
Joan Martines, un maestro cartógrafo probablemente de origen mallorquín o catalán, pasó la mayor parte de su carrera en Messina. Produjo docenas de atlas y cartas náuticas de los cuales al menos veinte atlas y ocho cartas sobreviven en colecciones públicas.

El Atlas de la Hispanic Society, compuesto de cinco cartas, está muy bien conservado y firmado en la cuarta carta. Las cartas, ricas en todos los detalles, muestran banderas de las principales ciudades y reinos, ciudades con torretas y una escala de distancia dentro de una cinta ondulada.

Source

The Hispanic Society Library & Museum