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Maps > Navigation charts > Portolanos

Preferred term

Portolanos

Definition(s)

Medieval marine charts, used before compasses, and Medieval navigation manuals, illustrated with charts and showing the location of ports and other navigational information [AAT 94]; 13th-15th/16th cs.

Broader concept(s)

Navigation charts

Related concept(s)

Compass roses

Synonym(s)

Charts, portolan
COMPASS MAPS
LOXODROMES
NAUTICAL CHARTS, PORTOLANOS
NAVIGATION CHARTS, PORTOLANOS
PILOT BOOKS, PORTOLANOS
PORTOLAN CHARTS
PORTOLANS
PORTULAN CHARTS
PORTULANS
RUTTERS
RUTTIERS
SEA CHARTS, PORTOLANOS

Notation

110504

In other languages

Portulan

French

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JLC-KT45PS83-8

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