AD 1335 · 14th century · Mediterranean and Black Seas
Portolan chart of the Mediterranean and Black Seas
An anonymous vellum chart turns the Mediterranean and Black Seas into a continuous field of named coasts and bearings.
Tags
- portolan
- navigation
- trade
- Black Sea
Related maps
- Carta Pisana · AD 1290
Bibliography
- Campbell, Tony. “Portolan Charts from the Late Thirteenth Century to 1500.” In The History of Cartography, vol. 1. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1987.
- Harley, J. B. The New Nature of Maps: Essays in the History of Cartography. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2001.