Finding their way at sea the story of portolan charts, the cartographers who drew them and the mariners who sailed by them
BeginningsSystems of geography : grids and radials -- Seamen and scientists : the practical vs. the theoretical -- Navigation and cartography : a symbiotic relationship -- An imperfect technology -- -- Cartographers and mariners -- Beyond the Mediterranean Sea and into the Atlantic -- The Indian Oce...
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| Sprache: | eng |
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Houten
Hes & de Graaf Publishers
2012
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Nautical charts
> History
> Early maps
> Cartography
> Navigation
> Ocean
> Portolan
> Schifffahrt
> Kartografie
> Seeschifffahrt
> Geschichte
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | BeginningsSystems of geography : grids and radials -- Seamen and scientists : the practical vs. the theoretical -- Navigation and cartography : a symbiotic relationship -- An imperfect technology -- -- 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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| Beschreibung: | 167 Seiten Illustrationen, Diagramme, Karten |
| ISBN: | 9789061944904 978-90-6194-490-4 |