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unusual facts about portolan chart


Portolan chart

The word portolan comes from the Italian adjective portolano, meaning "related to ports or harbours."


Giorgio Sideri

Giorgio Sideri Callapoda came briefly into the news when his copy of a previously unknown fifteenth-century portolan chart by Fra Mauro was sold at auction in Milan, October 1984 at a price of 900 million Italian liras.

Weimar map

The Weimar map is an anonymous 15th-century Italian portolan chart, held by the Grand Ducal Library of Weimar.


see also

Angelino Dulcert

Angelino "Dalorto" is known for a portolan chart commonly dated 1325 (now revised to 1330), privately held by the Prince Corsini collection in Florence.