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  • Thumbnail for Portolan chart
    points; the compass rose ... seems to have been a Catalan innovation". The portolan chart combined the exact notations of the text of the periplus or pilot...
    19 KB (2,310 words) - 07:49, 17 June 2024
  • 1925). "The Portolan Maps of the Rhône Delta: A Contribution to the History of the Sea Charts of the Middle Ages". The Geographical Journal. 65 (5)....
    16 KB (1,913 words) - 13:51, 28 June 2024
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    Journal 134, Autumn 2013. Ortelius’ Library Reconstructed, in: Imago Mundi, 2014. Ortelius’ Merchandise: His Atlases, Then and Now, in: The Portolan,...
    8 KB (1,022 words) - 09:24, 29 December 2023
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    (1925). "The Portolan Maps of the Rhône Delta: A Contribution to the History of the Sea Charts of the Middle Ages". The Geographical Journal. 65 (5):...
    15 KB (1,470 words) - 15:42, 25 April 2024
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    Globe: Journal of the Australian Map Circle, No. 62, 2009, pp. 1–50. Robert J. King, "Regio Patalis: Australia on the map in 1531?", The Portolan, Issue...
    5 KB (514 words) - 01:30, 9 August 2024
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    Ostrich Egg: The Earliest Surviving Globe Showing the New World". The Portolan, journal of the Washington Map Society (87): p. 8–24. For an account of Vespucci...
    26 KB (3,294 words) - 04:20, 23 June 2024
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    of coordinates. The ship captains did not use them, but used instead the Portolan charts. The essential information on these charts was distance and bearing...
    43 KB (5,525 words) - 18:00, 2 May 2024
  • The wealth of detail contained in portolano handbooks is reflected in the portolan charts, stunningly accurate even by modern standards. Handbooks often...
    14 KB (1,667 words) - 17:51, 26 April 2024
  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Used Maps to Make and Communicate Strategy". The Portolan Journal (Washington Map Society). 107. Current Biography Yearbook. (1996)...
    11 KB (1,265 words) - 05:02, 19 July 2024
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    Egg: The Earliest Surviving Globe Showing the New World" (PDF). The Portolan: Journal of the Washington Map Society (87): 8–24. Geert J. Verhoeven; Stefaan...
    6 KB (588 words) - 01:42, 30 May 2024
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    Empire through Geographical Board Games in the Nineteenth Century". The Portolan. 102: 27–42. doi:10.17613/M6JW86M71. Adam, Gottfried (31 October 2022)...
    58 KB (5,799 words) - 00:37, 16 August 2024
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    Egg: The Earliest Surviving Globe Showing the New World" (PDF). The Portolan: Journal of the Washington Map Society (87): 8–24. De Costa, B.F. (September...
    7 KB (804 words) - 09:07, 23 June 2024
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    "Waldseemüller's World Maps of 1507 and 1516: Sources and Development", The Portolan, No.1, Winter 2012, p.12. Rezension von L. Böninger: Die deutsche Einwanderung...
    13 KB (1,436 words) - 05:10, 29 July 2024
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    Globe: Journal of the Australian Map Circle, No. 62, 2009, pp. 1–50. Robert J. King, "Regio Patalis: Australia on the map in 1531?", The Portolan, Issue...
    34 KB (4,125 words) - 02:49, 5 July 2024
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    p. 131 Eugene M. Scheel, "Putting Little Washington on the Map," The Portolan Journal of the Washington Map Society, No. 54, 2002, pp. 37-39; Maureen I...
    26 KB (3,087 words) - 05:40, 29 July 2024
  • Globe: Journal of the Australian Map Circle, No. 62, 2009, p. 1–50. Robert J. King, "Regio Patalis: Australia on the map in 1531?", The Portolan, Issue...
    34 KB (4,058 words) - 16:43, 9 February 2024
  • Thumbnail for Piri Reis map
    traditional maps—which illustrated well-known routes, cities, and peoples—to the portolan portrayals of newly discovered coasts. Piri Reis provides an unusual...
    58 KB (6,795 words) - 22:37, 17 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for Maritime history
    discuss] of praying towards Mecca. The next progression of maps came with the portolan chart. This was the first type of map that labeled North at the top and...
    136 KB (17,527 words) - 22:56, 24 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Piri Reis
    traditional maps—which illustrated well-known routes, cities, and peoples—to the portolan portrayals of newly discovered coasts. There are conflicting interpretations...
    47 KB (5,189 words) - 05:19, 21 August 2024
  • Thumbnail for European maritime exploration of Australia
    Globe: Journal of the Australian Map Circle, No. 62, 2009, pp. 1–50. Robert J. King, "Regio Patalis: Australia on the map in 1531?", The Portolan, Issue...
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