Definition of Portolan. Meaning of Portolan. Synonyms of Portolan

- Portolan charts are nautical charts, first made in the 13th century in the Mediterranean basin and later expanded to include other regions. The word portolan...
- partial copy of an otherwise lost map by Christopher Columbus. The map is a portolan chart with comp**** roses and a windrose network for navigation, rather...
- Claude Portolan (born 16 December 1960) is a French former international rugby union player. A product of hometown club SA Auterive, Portolan was a prop...
- in different directions forming a web-like mesh. They were featured on portolan charts and other early nautical charts used in the medieval age and age...
- notable 14th-century portolan charts, the "Dalorto" chart of 1325 and the "Dulcert" chart of 1339. The latter is the first portolan known to have been produced...
- of Ireland in the Atlantic Ocean in a portolan chart by Angelino Dulcert circa 1325, the Rex Tholomeus portolan chart circa 1360 and the Catalan Atlas...
- replica of Dalorto's portolan chart Flag over Varna on Guillem Soler's Portolan chart (c.1385) Approximate replica of Soler's portolan chart Flag of Bulgaria...
- Portolan of Antonio Millo is a portolan chart by Antonio Millo from 1583. The portolan belonged to the library of the Zamoyski family. During the Warsaw...
- was a Genoese cartographer and geographer. A pioneer of the field of the portolan chart, he influenced Italian and Catalan mapmaking throughout the fourteenth...
- investigations of map projections and the appearance of portolano and then portolan charts for plying the European trade routes were rare innovations of the...