Looking for Tyrrhenian Sea in a period source

[Cisco]

Hey guys, I'm looking for a period source that shows (or describes) the islands in the Tyrrhenian Sea. That's the sea off the NW Italian coast that contains the Isle of Elba. Anyone know of any sources? I've tried historical nautical maps but nothing yet, hoping someone else's search-fu is better than mine.

[MediumAevum]

You probably need to express better what it is you are actually trying to know. The Tyrrhenian Sea is south of Elba so do you mean it or the Ligurian Sea that lies to the north of Elba.
So narrowing it down to what about the Sea or particular islands might be of use or what time period.
This book might be a place to start.
The periphery in the center :
Sardinia in the ancient and medieval worlds /
Robert J. Rowland, Jr.
http://www.mediumaevum.com/work/56424

[Ernst]

http://www.escholarship.org/uc/item/6g23b4fs

Figure 14, Ortelius 1570 is perhaps the best download for your purposes, cropped below.

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[Ernst]

I looked after a PM exchange, and we seem to be fortunate in having a digital copy of the 1570 Theatrum orbis terrarum in the Library of Congress.
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?a ... +gnrlmap))

The zoom feature allows for quite detailed views, with every named island or town being clearly readable. This picture at zoom level 4 of 5.

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Elba at maximum zoom:

1570 Elba-5.jpg (93.46 KiB) Viewed 123 times

[RScivias]

If this can help (I am not sure of the period you are looking for) :

14th century :
* [Carte marine de l'océan Atlantique Est, de la mer Méditerranée et d'une partie de la mer Noire, connue sous le nom de Carte Pisane] --1300
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5 ... A9e.langFR
Elba is on the square side of the map
* [Carte marine de la mer Baltique, de la mer du Nord, de l'océan Atlantique Est, de la mer Méditerranée, de la mer Noire et de la mer Rouge] / Hoc opus fecit angelino dulcert/ ano M CCC XXX VIIII de mense augusti/ [in civitate] maioricharum --1339
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5 ... A9e.langFR

17th century
[Atlas nautique de la Mer Méditerranée, de l'Océan Atlantique nord-est et d'une partie de la Mer Noire]. A Marseille / par Charlat Ambrosin l'an 1620 --1620
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59010941/f4.item
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b59010941/f4.zoom

18th century
Carte de la Mer Mediterranée en Trois feuilles / Présentée à Mgr. le Comte de Maurepas ; Par le Sr. Grognard, Pilote entretenu au Département de Toulon ; Dheulland sculpsit ; Bourgoins le Jeune scripsit -[s.n.] (Paris)-1745
http://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b5 ... A9e.langFR

[Cisco]

After speaking a bit with Ernst I managed to find the same thing at the LoC. I also found a copy of the Terrarum and bought it. And then, of course, realized that it's in German.

So I'm going to have an awesome coffee table book of maps. In German.