1 atlas (6 sheets, both sides) : color maps ; sheets 43 x 60 cm and 62 x 120 cm + 1 case 47 x 65 x 4 cm (containing 5 sheets) and 1 container 13 x 74 x 17 cm (containing 1 rolled sheet) and 1 text (427 p. : color maps, color illustrations ; 35 cm)
Facsimile reproduction of maps based on portolan charts, covering most of the earth, believed to have been compiled in 1519. The maps were originally bound, folded to approximately 42 x 30 cm. This facsimile reproduces the entire atlas in 6 separate sheets, printed on the front and back. The maps include illustrations of ships and cities as well as native inhabitants and indiginous flora and fauna for some continents.
Title from case.
Facsimile.
Number 809 of edition of 987.
Accompanied by text: Atlas Miller / [with commentary by Alfredo Pinheiro Marques, Luís Filipe F.R. Thomaz, and Bernardo Sá Nogueira]. Barcelona : M. Moleiro Editor, c2006 (427 p. : col. maps, col. ill. ; 35 cm.).
Accompanied by text: Os descobrimentos e o 'Atlas Miller' : tese de doutoramento na Universidad de Coimbra, 2005, 2006 / Alfredo Pinheiro Marques. Figueira da Foz do Mondego : Centro de Estudios do Mar, CEMAR, 2011 [2012] (555 pages : maps, illustrations ; 35 cm).
Includes notarized certificate of authenticity (30 x 21 cm.) inside case.