Le portulan contenant la description tant des mers du Ponent despuis le destroict de Gibeltar iusques a la Schiuse en Flandres, que de la mer Mediterranée, ou du Leuant,
A 1577 printed pilot guide, a portulan describing Mediterranean and Atlantic coastal sailing routes, printed in Aix-en-Provence by Pierre Roux for mariners. Its pages pair large decorative woodcut initial letters with dense columns of French text naming harbours, capes, islands and winds. A designer might take the ornate historiated initials, with their interlaced foliage and scrollwork, as models for display capitals and border ornament.
