# Corbitis Atlas

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The '''Corbitis Atlas''' (sometimes called the '''Corbizzi''' or '''Combitis''') is a late 14th-century atlas of four [portolan chart](/source/portolan_chart)s, composed by an anonymous [Venetian](/source/Republic_of_Venice) cartographer, and held by the [Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana](/source/Biblioteca_Marciana) in [Venice](/source/Venice), Italy.

== Background ==
The atlas was made by an anonymous [Venetian](/source/Venice) cartographer, possibly by the same author of the [Pinelli–Walckenaer Atlas](/source/Pinelli%E2%80%93Walckenaer_Atlas).  The Corbitis atlas was once believed to be dated 1368 (on account of a misreading of the label ''y(sole) 368'' on the fifth folio).  More recent readings suggest it was made between 1384 and 1410, with possible later emendations.<ref>Campbell (2011: [http://www.maphistory.info/PortolanAttributions.html#14ven online])</ref>

The map has the simple inscription "''hec tabula ex testamento d[omi]nj nicholaj de co[r]bitis deuenit monast[eri]o cart[husiano] flore[ntino]''",<ref>Atlante Corbizzi presentation, at GeoWeb, Biblioteca Marciana, Venice [http://geoweb.venezia.sbn.it/cms/it/articoli/5-latlante-corbitis-combitis.html online]</ref> implying the Corbitis atlas must have belonged to a certain Corbizzi family of Florence in the 14th century, and was held by the monastery of [Certosa del Galluzzo](/source/Certosa_del_Galluzzo).  The inscription was previously misread as "Combitis", a name by which the atlas is sometimes referred to in older sources.

The Corbitis Atlas is currently held (Ms. It. VI 213) by the [Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana](/source/Biblioteca_Marciana) in [Venice](/source/Venice), Italy.

== Features ==
The Corbitis atlas is composed of four [portolan chart](/source/portolan_chart)s, each measuring 31&nbsp;×&nbsp;19&nbsp;cm, with each chart covering two folios:  
* P. 1 – covers the east Mediterranean and Black Sea.
* P. 2 – covers the central Mediterranean
* P. 3 – covers the west Mediterranean and the north Atlantic coast up to the British isles.
* P. 4 – covers the south Atlantic islands and west African coast.

The third sheet (North Atlantic) includes the mythical islands of ''y.fortunate'', ''y beate'', ''y.368'' and the ''montagna de sco brandan'' ([Saint Brendan's Island](/source/Saint_Brendan's_Island)).

The fourth sheet (South Atlantic) covers the west African coast down to {{lang|pt|inbugder}} ([Cape Bojador](/source/Cape_Bojador)) and several [Atlantic islands](/source/Atlantic_islands), using the same labels found already in earlier charts (e.g. the 1351 [Medici Atlas](/source/Medici_Atlas), the 1367 [Pizzigani brothers](/source/Pizzigani_brothers) chart, etc.). As laid out in the Corbitis atlas, the islands are:

* the [Azores](/source/Azores), laid out vertically from north to south, and named: {{lang|pt|y de corui marini}} ([Corvo](/source/Corvo_Island)), ''liconigi'' ([Flores](/source/Flores_Island_(Azores))), ''sco zorzi'' ([São Jorge](/source/S%C3%A3o_Jorge_Island)),  ''y la uentura'' ([Faial](/source/Faial_Island)), ''li colonbi'' ([Pico](/source/Pico_Island)), ''y de brazil'' ([Terceira](/source/Terceira_Island)), ''caprara'' ([São Miguel](/source/S%C3%A3o_Miguel_Island)) and {{lang|pt|louo}} ([Santa Maria](/source/Santa_Maria_Island_(Azores))).
* the [Madeira](/source/Madeira) archipelago, with the names ''y de legname'' ([Madeira](/source/Madeira)), ''porto santo'' ([Porto Santo](/source/Porto_Santo)), ''desertas'' ([Desertas](/source/Desertas)) and further south, {{lang|pt|y. saluaze}} ([Savage Islands](/source/Savage_Islands)).
* the [Canary Islands](/source/Canary_Islands), only the central and eastern clusters are depicted, and include ''y de rinferno'' ([Tenerife](/source/Tenerife)), ''y de canaria'' ([Gran Canaria](/source/Gran_Canaria)), ''y de uegi marini'' ([Lobos](/source/Lobos_Island)), ''forte uentura'' ([Fuerteventura](/source/Fuerteventura)), ''Grazioxa'' ([Graciosa](/source/Graciosa%2C_Canary_Islands)) and ''y de lanzaroto maloxeli'' ([Lanzarote](/source/Lanzarote)).

<gallery>
Image:Corbitis Atlas (p.1).jpg|Corbitis Atlas, p.&nbsp;1 (East Mediterranean and Black Sea)
Image:Corbitis Atlas (p. 2).jpg|Corbitis Atlas, p.&nbsp;2 (Central Mediterranean)
Image:Corbitis Atlas (p.3).jpg|Corbitis Atlas, p.&nbsp;3 (West Mediterranean and north Atlantic)
Image:Corbitis Atlas (p.4).jpg| Corbitis Atlas, p.&nbsp;4 (South Atlantic and islands) 
</gallery>

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

== Sources ==
* "l'atlante Corbitis": [http://geoweb.venezia.sbn.it/cms/it/articoli/5-latlante-corbitis-combitis.html note] and [https://web.archive.org/web/20210810125543/http://geoweb.venezia.sbn.it/geoweb/iscgi/archiweb.dll?service=direct&lang=0&uid=000004&session=000000&fld=B&value=007075 exhibition] at GeoWeb, Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana of Venice.
* Campbell, T. (2011) "Anonymous works and the question of their attribution to individual chartmakers or to their supposed workshops", ([http://www.maphistory.info/PortolanAttributions.html online], accessed July 14, 2011)

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