PORTOLANS – THE SEA CHARTS FROM THE FOURTEENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES Cover Image

ПОРТУЛАНЫ – МОРСКИЕ КАРТЫ XIV–XVI ВВ.
PORTOLANS – THE SEA CHARTS FROM THE FOURTEENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES

Author(s): Andrey Schetnikov
Subject(s): History
Published by: Новосибирский государственный университет
Keywords: ancient and medieval geography, maps, cartography

Summary/Abstract: The survey is devoted to the history of European portolan sea charts, mapping the Mediterranean and adjusting Atlantic coasts. I discuss the techniques of their initial charting and subsequent refinement and coping and conclude that the first center for systematic mapping of the Mediterranean was Genoa

  • Issue Year: IX/2015
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 24-34
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: Russian