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Gabriel de Vallseca

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Cartographer of the Majorcan school

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Gabriel de Vallseca, also referred to as Gabriel de Valseca and Gabriel de Valsequa was a cartographer of Jewish descent connected to the Majorcan cartographic school. His most notable map is the portolan of 1439, containing the first depiction of the recently discovered Azores islands.

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1447 portolan chart of Gabriel de Vallseca (BNF, Paris).1447 portolan chart of Gabriel de Vallseca (BNF, Paris).1439 portolan chart of Gabriel de Vallseca (Museu Maritim, Barcelona)1439 portolan chart of Gabriel de Vallseca (Museu Maritim, Barcelona)

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