domingo, 26 de xaneiro de 2014

Map of the coast of Galicia, 1602 ca.





Map of the coast of Spain in Galicia showing the towns of Bayona, Padron, Muros, and Mugia. Decorative elements include compass rose, scale, and representations of churches and dwellings. 


O texto describe a vila de Baiona onde a flota reparou a nave do almirante, danada cando golpeou un rochedo por mor da néboa. O manuscrito, atribuido a Samuel de Champlain, ralata a súa travesía coa flota española no Caribe entre os anos 1599 e 1600.


Image 10.8 x 15.1 cm. Ink, watercolor/ paper. Source creator: Champlain, Samuel de . Source Title: Brief discours des choses plus remarquables que Samuel Champlain de Brouage á reconneues aux Indes occidentales, [France?], [ca. 1602]. References: Wilmere, A. Narrative of a voyage to the West Indies, p. 4

Collection: JCB Archive of Early American Images, John Carter Brown Library, Brown University, Providence.

Enlace: http://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/detail/JCB~1~1~1854~2950001?qvq=q:galicia;lc:JCB~1~1,JCBBOOKS~1~1,JCBMAPS~1~1,JCBMAPS~2~2,JCBMAPS~3~3&mi=0&trs=12

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