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Image: Fragment of anonymous chart (Vallseca, c.1447)

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Description: Fragment of chart of the Black Sea, from a broken, undated and unsigned portolan chart of the eastern Mediterranean by an anonymous cartographer. Normally attributed to Majorcan cartographer Gabriel de Vallseca, and estimated to date circa 1447. Fragments currently held (Rés. Ge. D 3005) by the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris, France.
Title: Fragment of anonymous chart (Vallseca, c.1447)
Credit: (Rés. Ge. D 3005) , Bibliothèque nationale de France, ark:/12148/btv1b59011892
Author: Anonymous (attrib. to Gabriel de Vallseca)
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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