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Description Detail of the distance scale (bar, lines and dots) on an anonymous Genoese portolan chart, c.1325-50. Scale of portolan: [ca. 1:5,500,000].
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    • 2009-01-18T02:53:17Z Durova 5486x4009 (18079272 Bytes) {{Information |Description=Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa. Covers Mediterranean Sea from the Balearic Islands to the Levantine coast; also covers western part of Black Sea. Oldest origi

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