The Catalan Atlas

Presentation

The Catalan Atlas, dated around 1375 and preserved at the Bibliothèque Nationale de France under the signature Manuscrit Esp. 30., combines the science of nautical cartography applied to the world known at the time – the Mediterranean and the European Atlantic – with the imagination and legend contributed by travelers like Marco Polo regarding the more distant worlds of Asia and Africa.

It is a magnificent jewel with which King Peter III the Ceremonious presented Charles V of France.

It contains the studies carried out, the transcription of the medieval text – written in Gothic script –, the adaptation to modern Catalan, and the development of all the contents of the world map.

Price: €595

Sheet I

  • The Thirty Days of the Month
  • The Tides
  • The Golden Number and Movable Feasts
  • The Zodiac and the Astral Man
  • Description of the World and its Main Elements

Sheet II

  • Description of the World and its Main Elements (Conclusion)
  • The Conception of the Universe
  • The Moon, Constellations, and the Zodiac
  • The Calendars
  • The Seasons of the Year

Sheet III

  • The British Isles and the Legendary Islands
  • The Iberian Peninsula and its Islands
  • The Wind Rose and the Southern Atlantic Islands
  • Northern Europe and Central Europe
  • The Frankish, Breton, and Occitan Lands
  • The Italic Lands and the Great Mediterranean Islands
  • Maghrebi and Sub-Saharan Africa

Sheet IV

  • The Baltic Lands and Central Europe
  • The Italic World
  • The Adriatic Coast and the Greek World
  • The Maghreb and Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Eastern Europe
  • Anatolia and Cyprus
  • The Holy Land and Mesopotamia
  • Egypt and the Nile Valley

Sheet V

  • The Volga and the Caspian Sea
  • Mesopotamia and the Caucasus
  • Arabia
  • Siberia and Western China
  • Turkestan
  • Western India

Sheet VI

  • The Magical Worlds of Northern Asia
  • Central Asia
  • India and the Island of Jana
  • Gog and Magog
  • Cathay
  • The Islands of the Far East