Derrotero (DS9797) (Q43395)
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Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620280, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862028, mssHM 30957)
| Language | Label | Description | Also known as |
|---|---|---|---|
| English | Derrotero (DS9797) |
Manuscript metadata collected by Digital Scriptorium from The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens (.b18620280, https://catalog.huntington.org/record=b1862028, mssHM 30957) |
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Atlases (Geographic)--Spain--17th century
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Nautical charts--Spain--17th century
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Nautical charts--Early works to 1800
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between 1600 and 1615
17. century
1600
1615
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Extent: ff. vii + 199 : paper ; 142 x 195 mm
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Derrotero with sailing instructions for the route from San Lucar, Spain, to the West Indies and Florida, with a description of duties and payment of ship's personnel (ff. 150v-177v) and table of latitudes (ff. 178-184). Dedicatory poem indicates that Luis de la Cruz is the author. Written probably about 1600, since Luis de la Cruz is first listed as master of a ship in 1585 and his name last...
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Span folios: ff. 1-199v. Support: Paper. Watermark(s): Croix Latine not dissimilar from Briquet 5688 and 5704, both Perpignan (1596, 1595). Layout: Collation beginning with f. iv: 1-720 8-1016(through f. 184) 1116(-16, now the pastedown and torn loose from the quire). 20-26 long lines with vertical bounding lines defined by folds in the paper.
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Input into Digital Scriptorium by: C. W. Dutschke, 1/15/2012.
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Notes on front cover "SN 118," and on front pastedown, "$SEE"[?]. A letter, dated 22 July 1968, on file in the Huntington Library from Dra. Lourdes Díaz-Trechuelo of the Escuela de Estudios Hispano-Americans de Sevilla suggests that this manuscript may have been in the private library of the Marqués de Ayamonte, to whom the book is dedicated. After his death it probably passed into the library...
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22 July 2024
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22 July 2024
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