Restored in 2001–2002 with funding from the Young Friends of Save Venice Inc., Boston Chapter.

The Correr Museum maintains a collection of forty-six rare nautical maps dating from the fourteenth through the eighteenth centuries; thirteen of these have been restored by Save Venice. The collection includes port maps, also known as portolan charts or portolani, which are accompanied by written descriptions of coastal areas. These hand-drawn nautical papers offer a sense of the seas as they appeared to Venetian navigators.

In addition to restoring the maps, Save Venice purchased custom-made boxes for each map, and a large storage unit was constructed to properly conserve these rich testimonials of Venice’s maritime history.

The works were restored by conservator Karmen Corak Rinesi, with the guidance of project director Camillo Tonini of the Correr Museum.

For select projects, conservation dossiers in Italian containing limited textual and photographic documentation may be available for consultation by appointment at the Venice office of Save Venice and the Rosand Library & Study Center. For inquiries, please contact us at venice@savevenice.org.

Unidentified artists
Portolan Charts and Nautical Maps
Fourteenth through eighteenth centuries
Ink and pencil on paper

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