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Pedro Reinel(c. 1504). Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munchen.
Wind rose with fleur-de-lys in Reinel's Atlantic Chart of 1504

Pedro Reinel (? - c.1542) was a Portuguese cartographer of the 16th century, author of the oldest signed Portuguese nautical chart (c. 1485). That is a portolan type of chart, covering western Europe and part of Africa, and already reflecting the explorations made by Diogo Cão in 1482-1485. With his son Jorge Reinel (c.1502 - c.1572), and the cartographer Lopo Homem, he participated in the construction of the well-known Miller Atlas (1519). His Atlantic Chart of circa 1504 is one of the first nautical chart with a scale of latitudes, and the first to depict a wind rose with a clearly drawn fleur-de-lys.


  • Pedro Reinel(c.1485). Archives départementales de la Gironde, Bordeaux
    Pedro Reinel(c.1485). Archives départementales de la Gironde, Bordeaux
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