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Portolan chart

Portolan charts are the earliest known type of nautical charts, and the oldest known examples were made in the late 13th and early 14th centuries in the Mediterranean region, usually displaying the areas between the Atlantic coasts of Western Europe and Northwestern Africa to the west and the Black Sea to the east. Besides those showing the entire area…

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Portolan chart

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Portolan chart

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related to Evolution · 19
Portolan chart → Africa, Age, America, As, Atlantic, Black Sea, Charts, Discovery, Further, Guinea, Gulf, In, Mediterranean, Pacific, Portuguese, Scandinavia, South Asia, Spanish, The
related to External links · 16
Portolan chart → Critical Re-examination, Garcia Camarero La, Images, Lisbon, MEDEA-CHART, MinnesotaPortolan Charts, Portolan Charts, PortugalPortolan Charts, Reassessment, Rey Pastor, Seaboard Function, Spanish, Their Replication, Tony Campbell, University, Yale University
related to Use · 16
Portolan chart → Additionally, Black, Earth, Examples, Hungary, In, Many, Mediterranean, Mercator, Portolan, Portolans, Red Seas, Scholars, Some, The, They
related to Terminology · 14
Portolan chart → Black Seas, French, Guinea, It, Late Middle Ages, Mediterranean, Other, Scandinavia, Several, Some, The, This, West African, West European
related to Symbols · 13
Portolan chart → Arbitrary, As, Carte Pisana, Charts, However, In, Portolan, Symbols, The, These, This, Vesconte, Within
related to Rhumb lines · 11
Portolan chart → All, As, Cartometric, Catalan, Earth's, Leo Bagrow, Portolan, The, These, Though, Thus
related to Production centers · 10
Portolan chart → Arab, Genoa, Italian, Mallorca, Palma, Portuguese, Rome, Spanish, Two, Venice
related to Theories of origin · 10
Portolan chart → Black Sea, East Atlantic, Egyptian, Greek, However, Mediterranean, Roman, The, There, While
related to Production · 6
Portolan chart → Drawing, Middle Ages, Most, Place, Single, The

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charts portolan chart lines nautical mediterranean also map century black many medieval symbols use compass sea atlases maps used navigational

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reefsinstance ofSymbolsPortolan charts use symbols to represent navigational hazards0.80text
rocksinstance ofSymbolsPortolan charts use symbols to represent navigational hazards0.80text
shoalsinstance ofSymbolsPortolan charts use symbols to represent navigational hazards0.80text
and sandbanksinstance ofSymbolsPortolan charts use symbols to represent navigational hazards0.80text
the plus/cross were not standardizedinstance ofbut within the coastline.Arbitrary symbols for navigational hazards0.80text
varied greatly from one mapmaker's work to anotherinstance ofbut within the coastline.Arbitrary symbols for navigational hazards0.80text
and even within the works of an individual mapmakerinstance ofbut within the coastline.Arbitrary symbols for navigational hazards0.80text
anchorageinstance ofsome portolan charts also feature pictorial symbols representing features0.80text
lighthousesinstance ofsome portolan charts also feature pictorial symbols representing features0.80text
beaconsinstance ofsome portolan charts also feature pictorial symbols representing features0.80text
and buoysinstance ofsome portolan charts also feature pictorial symbols representing features0.80text
a merchant commissioning a chart depicting the parts of the Mediterranean he traveled after returning from his voyageinstance ofand that records show instances0.80text

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