The Enigma of the Origin of Portolan Charts: A Geodetic Analysis of the Hypothesis of a Medieval Origin by Nicolai, Roel

The Enigma of the Origin of Portolan Charts: A Geodetic Analysis of the Hypothesis of a Medieval Origin (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9789004282971)

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The Enigma of the Origin of Portolan Charts: A Geodetic Analysis of the Hypothesis of a Medieval Origin by Nicolai, Roel

The Enigma of the Origin of Portolan Charts: A Geodetic Analysis of the Hypothesis of a Medieval Origin

$276.00
The Enigma of the Origin of Portolan Charts: A Geodetic Analysis of the Hypothesis of a Medieval Origin by Nicolai, Roel

The Enigma of the Origin of Portolan Charts: A Geodetic Analysis of the Hypothesis of a Medieval Origin

$276.00
Format: Hardcover
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The enigmatic nautical charts of the Mediterranean and Black Sea, known as portolan charts, which suddenly appeared in Italy in the thirteenth century are shown to be sophisticated maps the construction of which was well beyond medieval European mapping capabilities.

Author: Roel Nicolai
ISBN-10: 9004282971
ISBN-13: 9789004282971
Publisher: Brill
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2016
Pages: 544
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d
By Roel Nicolai
By Roel Nicolai
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Roel Nicolai, PhD, MSc (1953) is Principal Geodesist with Shell. This book is a revision of his PhD thesis and his first publication in the area of the history of science and cartography.

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