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Project / Collection Additional Manuscripts Digitised Content Platform BL legacy Universal Viewer (unavailable) Material Type Maps and Plans

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 5415 A
Title:: The Queen Mary Atlas
Scope & Content:: This portolan or atlas consists of three tables and nine large ornamented maps, executed by the Portuguese cartographer Diogo Homem (b. 1521, d. 1576) between 1555 and 1559. The manuscript is thought to have been made for King Philip II of Spain (r. 1556–98), possibly as a gift from Queen Mary I...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Latin
Date Range:: c 1555-1559
Extent:: 1 volume

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