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Finding their way at sea : the story of portolan charts, the cartographers who drew them and the mariners who sailed by them
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Finding their way at sea : the story of portolan charts, the cartographers who drew them and the mariners who sailed by them / Richard Pflederer.
ISBN
9061944902
9789061944904
Published
Houten, Nethrlands : Hes & De Graaf, c2012.
Physical Description
167 p. : col. ill., col. maps. ; 30 cm.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 03, 2013
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Beginnings
Systems of geography : grids and radials
Seamen and scientists : the practical vs. the theoretical
Navigation and cartography : a symbiotic relationship
An imperfect technology
Ports
Cartographers and mariners
Beyond the Mediterranean Sea and into the Atlantic
The Indian Ocean and onwards to the Orient
The transition to modern admiralty charts
Appendix : survey of the scholarly literature of the subject.
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