Manuscript portolan chart representing the Mediterranean sea and the main coastal locations. It includes the names of the three continents (Europe, Asia and Africa) in banderols as well as the names of the major regions (counter-clockwise): Marocho, Fessa, Orano, Algieri, Tremisen, Tunesi, Tripoli, Misurata, Libia, Barcha, Alesandria, Egitto, Iudea, Soria, Caramania, Natolia, Romania, Graecia, Albania, Bosena, Friuli, Toscana, Liguria, Provenza, Linguadoca, Catalognia, Valenzia, Mucia, Andaluzia, Portogallo., Map includes a Christogram and the author's signature and date, "Gio: Batta Cavallini in Livorno 1642" at left, a scale at top and bottom and ten compass roses throughout. Decorated with figures of towns and flags and heightened in gold.