# Drawing of the Frol de la Mar in the Roteiro de Malaca

> The only contemporary image of the ship, known to us through Mello's 1898 reproduction; the manuscript's holding library should be identified.

Source: https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar/artifacts/ART0D2BHQYM0PE2/drawing-of-the-frol-de-la-mar-in-the-roteiro-de-malaca  
Publisher: Mysteries Department  
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**ART** 0D2BHQYM0PE2·Artifact · document

# Drawing of the Frol de la Mar in the Roteiro de Malaca

PhotographPublic domainSixteenth century

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Drawing of the Frol de la Mar in the Roteiro de Malaca: photograph

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The only contemporary image of the ship, known to us through Mello's 1898 reproduction; the manuscript's holding library should be identified.

Francisco Rodrigues Joaquim de Mello. Public domain

## Copies 3

**Scan** Joaquim de Mello (Album d'o Século, 1898), scanned by the Getty Research Institute · archive.org · 1898 · Public domain2 steps from the original

[Where it's published](https://archive.org/details/albumdoseculo00unse/page/21/mode/1up)

**Photograph** Francisco Rodrigues Joaquim de Mello · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frol_de_la_mar_in_roteiro_de_malaca.jpeg)

**Photograph** Joaquim de Mello · commons.wikimedia.org · Public domain1 step from the original

[Where it's published](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Flor_de_la_mar.jpg)

## Where it was made

[Lisbon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D2BHF5C5WP8/lisbon) · City

## Sources 1

- [Flor de la Mar](https://mysteriesdept.com/sources/SRC0D2BHD6W21AT/flor-de-la-mar)_SRC_

## Cite it

```
Mysteries Department. (2026). Drawing of the Frol de la Mar in the Roteiro de Malaca [Artifact ART0D2BHQYM0PE2]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0D2BHQYM0PE2
```

Key

**ART** 0D2BHQYM0PE2

Kind

Document

Held by

unknown manuscript holder (sixteenth-century Portuguese pilot book)

Dated

sixteenth century

Licence

Public domain

Place

[Lisbon](https://mysteriesdept.com/records/PLC0D2BHF5C5WP8/lisbon)

Part of

[Flor de la Mar](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/flor-de-la-mar)

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