The survey is devoted to the history of European portolan sea charts, mapping the Mediterranean and adjusting Atlantic coasts. I discuss the techniques of their initial charting and subsequent refinement and coping and conclude that the first center for systematic mapping of the Mediterranean was Genoa
The first marine geological charts to be drawn up were those of the English Channel and in the Atlan...
Toponyms account for much of the information content of a map and can be leveraged to probe the orig...
One of the most important medieval nautical charts of the 15th century is arguably the Beccari Chart...
Portolan charts are highly realistic medieval charts that show remarkably accurate coastlines of the...
Includes illustrations. Covers the area from the Red Sea westward to "Antilia," and from the Canary ...
Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa.Covers Mediterranean Sea from the...
The sudden appearance of portolan charts, realistic nautical charts of the Mediterranean and Black S...
This contribution represents a focused insight within a larger research project dealing with the Ott...
Shows Mediterranean Sea region, Europe, Black Sea and northern Africa. Includes dedication text. Fir...
Portolan charts are nautical charts, which appear suddenly in the thirteenth century Mediterranean w...
One of most challenging research elements of medieval Mediterranean porto-lan charts is the matter o...
One of most challenging research elements of medieval Mediterranean porto-lan charts is the matter o...
The birth of the nautical chart in the late medieval period is seen as a watershed moment in the his...
The sudden appearance of portolan charts, realistic nautical charts of the Mediterranean and Black S...
The debate on whether or not portolan charts derive from portolans has been ongoing for some 150 yea...
The first marine geological charts to be drawn up were those of the English Channel and in the Atlan...
Toponyms account for much of the information content of a map and can be leveraged to probe the orig...
One of the most important medieval nautical charts of the 15th century is arguably the Beccari Chart...
Portolan charts are highly realistic medieval charts that show remarkably accurate coastlines of the...
Includes illustrations. Covers the area from the Red Sea westward to "Antilia," and from the Canary ...
Anonymous nautical chart in portolan style probably drawn in Genoa.Covers Mediterranean Sea from the...
The sudden appearance of portolan charts, realistic nautical charts of the Mediterranean and Black S...
This contribution represents a focused insight within a larger research project dealing with the Ott...
Shows Mediterranean Sea region, Europe, Black Sea and northern Africa. Includes dedication text. Fir...
Portolan charts are nautical charts, which appear suddenly in the thirteenth century Mediterranean w...
One of most challenging research elements of medieval Mediterranean porto-lan charts is the matter o...
One of most challenging research elements of medieval Mediterranean porto-lan charts is the matter o...
The birth of the nautical chart in the late medieval period is seen as a watershed moment in the his...
The sudden appearance of portolan charts, realistic nautical charts of the Mediterranean and Black S...
The debate on whether or not portolan charts derive from portolans has been ongoing for some 150 yea...
The first marine geological charts to be drawn up were those of the English Channel and in the Atlan...
Toponyms account for much of the information content of a map and can be leveraged to probe the orig...
One of the most important medieval nautical charts of the 15th century is arguably the Beccari Chart...