Cornaro Atlas (1489)
The Cornaro Atlas (Egerton MS 73) is an extensive Venice, Venetian collection () of nautical charts and tracts, currently held in the Egerton Collection of manuscripts of the British Library. Background The Cornaro Atlas is an 80-page Venice, Venetian manuscript volume, estimated to date c. 1489. It is named after the Cornaro family, one of the leading patrician families of the Republic of Venice, who once owned the volume, and whose coat of arms adorns its frontispiece. The Cornaro Atlas was brought to England in 1832, and is currently held (Egerton MS 73) by the British Library in London. The first half of the volume contains a large collection of nautical charts, faithful copies of portolan charts composed earlier in the 15th century. The second half of the volume is dedicated to a myriad of written tracts on matters of nautical interest (e.g. astronomy, sailing directions, tariffs, etc.) Contents of the Atlas The Cornaro atlas has around 80 pages, each page at 53 x 4 ...
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