(Q43365)
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Welch, Andrew, active 1649-1680
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Huth, Henry, 1815-1878
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Stevens, Henry, Sr., 1791-1867
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Portolanos--England--17th century
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between 1650 and 1675
17. century
1650
1675
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Extent: f. 1 : parchment ; 475 x 690 mm
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Title from printed catalog.
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Support: Parchment.
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Span folios: f. 1r-v.
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Other Decoration: Border is yellow band edged in black with simple arabesque and dot design on 3 sides only, indicating that this may be a "half-chart" of the North Atlantic. Black and red ink for nomenclature in a minuscule script with area names in display script; land masses outlined in color with islands painted blue, green, red, or yellow; 2 compass roses (one with Tudor rose in center...
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Probably made in London about 1674 by Andrew Welch of the Thames School, judging from the marked similarity to his chart of this date for the North Atlantic in the National Maritime Museum in Greenwich (NMM G 213:2/5). T. R. Smith suggest that HM 43 may be the western half of a North Atlantic chart at the British Library (Add. 31858) which he attributes to "Samuel" Welch.
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Assigned Date: s. XVII3/4.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/14/2012.
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Sold in 1868 from the library of Henry Stevens (1791-1867) to Henry Huth (1815-78); Huth's ex libris on pastedown and note "Portolano (7), p. 1171" indicating The Huth Library (1880) pt. 4, 1171 .
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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