ably , ▁with ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Mediter rane an ▁plate ▁from ▁the ▁ 1 5 7 6 ▁at las ▁included ▁without ▁any ▁explanation , ▁in ▁" Atlas ▁de ▁Fern ao ▁V az ▁D our ado ▁: ▁re prod ca o ▁f idel iss ima ▁do ▁exempl ar ▁do ▁Torre ▁do ▁Tom bo , ▁dat ado ▁de ▁Go a , ▁ 1 5 7 1 ", ▁Porto : ▁Liv r aria ▁Civil iz ac ao , ▁ 1 9 4 8 . ▁The ▁ 1 5 7 1 ▁at las ▁was ▁again ▁reprodu ced ▁in ▁colour , ▁in ▁a ▁box ed ▁set ▁of ▁ 1 8 ▁loose ▁sheets , ▁as ▁" Univers al ▁Atlas ▁of ▁Fern ão ▁V az ▁D our ado ", ▁Barcelona : ▁M . ▁M ole iro ▁Editor , ▁S . A ., ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁ ▁The ▁ 1 5 6 8 ▁at las ▁contains ▁the ▁first ▁large - scale ▁charts ▁of ▁C ey lon ▁( S ri ▁L anka ) ▁and ▁Japan , ▁later ▁copied ▁by ▁many ▁other ▁cart ograph ers . ▁ ▁His ▁chart ▁of ▁the ▁north western ▁coast ▁of ▁Africa , ▁displayed ▁above ▁is ▁executed ▁using ▁the ▁so - called ▁" plain ▁chart ▁model ", ▁where ▁observed ▁lat itudes ▁and ▁magnetic ▁directions ▁were ▁pl otted ▁directly ▁into ▁the ▁plane , ▁with ▁a ▁constant ▁scale , ▁as ▁if ▁the ▁Earth ▁were ▁flat . ▁Until ▁the ▁ad option ▁of ▁the ▁Mer c ator ▁projection ▁chart ing ▁method , ▁this ▁was ▁the ▁most ▁advanced ▁chart ing ▁method ▁in