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Portolan Charts

Portolan Chart is a type of nautical map originating in the medieval Mediterranean that belongs to the genus of historical cartographic instruments and is distinguished by its detailed coastal outlines, network of rhumb lines radiating from compass roses, and practical orientation toward maritime navigation rather than geographic accuracy or projection-based design.

16

Publications

599

Citations

15

Authors

13

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

1

Variants

Portolan MapsPortolano ChartsPortolanos

Parents

Publications

16

Legal Spaces of Empire: Piracy and the Origins of Ocean Regionalism

Lauren Benton · Comparative Studies in Society and History · 2005 · 170 citations

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Insularity, sovereignty and statehood: the representation of islands on portolan charts and the construction of the territorial state

Philip E. Steinberg · Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography · 2005 · 88 citations · Full text

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MEDIEVAL DISTORTIONS: THE PROJECTIONS OF ANCIENT MAPS

Waldo Tobler · Annals of the Association of American Geographers · 1966 · 66 citations · Full text

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Georeference in the analysis of the geometric content of early maps

Caterina Balletti · 2006 · 52 citations

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The shaping of Africa: cosmographic discourse and cartographic science in late medieval and early modern Europe

Choice Reviews Online · 2003 · 41 citations

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Authors

15

  1. JE
    James E. Kelley

    RAND Corporation, United States

    3 publications · 33 citations

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  2. MZ
    Michel Zitt

    Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques, France

    1 publications · 31 citations

    1

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  3. HW
    Helge Wendt

    Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Germany

    1 publications · 23 citations

    1

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  4. EB
    Elise Bassecoulard

    Observatoire des Sciences et des Techniques, France

    1 publications · 31 citations

    1

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  5. CB
    Caterina Balletti

    Università Iuav di Venezia, Italy

    1 publications · 52 citations

    1

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Institutions

13

  1. University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    66 citations

  2. University of Pavia

    Pavia, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  3. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

    Rabat, Morocco

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    62 citations

  4. Utrecht University

    Utrecht, The Netherlands

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    22 citations

  6. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    88 citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    31 citations

  8. Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

    Berlin, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

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Venues

  1. Imago Mundi

    3 publications · 41 citations

    3

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  3. Terrae Incognitae

    TI · 2 publications · 21 citations

    2

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  4. Geografiska Annaler Series B Human Geography

    1 publications · 88 citations

    1

    h-index

  5. Hispanic American Historical Review

    HAHR · 1 publications · 23 citations

    1

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