- (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...
-
Portolan of
Angelo Freducci is a
portolan chart by
Angelo Freducci from 1554. The
portolan belonged to the
library of the
Zamoyski family.
After the Warsaw...
- 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...
- well,
being attested imperial clothes but also on flags. Indeed,
Western portolans of the 14th–15th
centuries use the double-headed
eagle (silver/golden...
-
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...
- that
portolan maps are
characterized by the lack of map projection, for
cartometric investigation has
revealed that no
projection was used in
portolans, and...
- year to 1330). In many ways, the 1325
Dalorto portolan marks a
transition point in
European portolans,
between the
Genoese and
Majorcan cartographic...
-
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...
-
lines on
portolans when
portolans were in use, as well as
always applicable to
straight lines on
Mercator charts. For
short distances portolan "rhumbs"...
