Definition of Portolans. Meaning of Portolans. Synonyms of Portolans

- (12th century). The origins of portolan charts are obscure, having no known predecessors. One study concludes that portolans originated from earlier charts...
- 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...
- the prin****l winds on the comp**** rose found in mariners' comp****es and portolan charts of the 14th and 15th centuries. The traditional names of the eight...
- Catalan charts or Catalan portolans are portolan charts in the Catalan language. Portolan charts are a type of medieval and early modern map that focuses...
- ensued was stiff and hard and fierce. Evidence of five place names from portolans from medieval Italian, Catalan and Gr**** navigators of the north coast...
- that portolan maps are characterized by the lack of map projection, for cartometric investigation has revealed that no projection was used in portolans, and...
- lines on portolans when portolans were in use, as well as always applicable to straight lines on Mercator charts. For short distances portolan "rhumbs"...
- medieval portolans place the castle of Grand Magne on the western s**** of the peninsula and its fortification was not mentioned by portolans or travelers...
- 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...
- well, being attested imperial clothes but also on flags. Indeed, Western portolans of the 14th–15th centuries use the double-headed eagle (silver/golden...