Vintage Map

Portolan Map 1570 - Southeast China Japan East Indies

Fernau vaz Dourado

PRINT  HUNTINGTON LIBRARY CALIFORNIA

IMPRENSA NACIONAL CASA DA MOEDA- The Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, is the Portuguese mint and national press, owned by the Portuguese Government

Print issued in 1991 Lisbon Limited Edition

Great opportunity to acquire a european Map rarely offered for sale elsewhere in the World.

Framed under glass  32cm x 43cm

Fernão Vaz Dourado (c.1520 in c.1580 in ) was a of the sixteenth century, belonging to the third period of the old Portuguese nautical cartography, which is characterised by the abandonment of influence in the representation of and introduction of better accuracy in the depiction of lands and continents. Little is known about this historical figure.