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A
portolan (derived from the Latin word
portus, port) is an early modern
European
navigation chart, dating from the
thirteenth century or later, in
manuscript, usually with
rhumb lines, shorelines and place names.
The portolan combined the exact notations of the text of the
periplus or pilot book with the decorative illustrations of the conceptual
T and O map, but a potolan chart did offer a realistic depiction of the shore and was meant for practical use by a mariner of the period. The portolan didn't take into account the curvature of the earth, so it was a misleading document for crossing an ocean.
Portolani were useful for navigation in smaller bodies of water such as the Mediterranean or the Red Sea.
The oldest portolan which has survived to our era, the
Carte Pisane, dates from circa
1296. The cartographer
Angelino Dulcert produced a portolan in
1339.
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