West Indiche Paskaret…

An exemplary print of a sea chart using the old-fashioned maritime tradition of portolan charts, which were drawn from first-hand observations by pilots, who used these outlines and then improved on the details using their memories.

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85493
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map
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normalized
provenance
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W. Graham Arader III, Philadelphia [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Jean and Sidney Silber, Baltimore, February 1, 1977, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2011, by gift.
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CC0
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en
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3
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