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Original - Reproduction of Jorge de Aguiar's chart of the Mediterranean, Western Europe and African Coast (1492). The oldest known signed and dated chart of Portuguese origin. Size of the origial: 1030 x 770 mm (Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Yale, New Have, USA).
Reason
One of the very few high quality reproductions of portolan charts available in Commons
Articles in which this image appears
Portolan chart
FP category for this image
Wikipedia:Featured pictures/Diagrams, drawings, and maps/Maps
Creator
Jorge de Aguiar (1492)
It appears to have a heading at the top (now left). Also, if it was rotated, half of it need not be read upside down, but sideways. SMasters (talk) 13:01, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Info -- This is the common modern way of depicting the portolan charts, with the north-south axis of the Mediterranean shown as a vertical. At the time, there was no 'correct way' of orienting nautical charts: they were put in the positions that best fitted the present navigational use on board. As in all charts of this type, the geographical names were written perpendicularly to the coastline, as to avoid hiding important information, and their orientation changed throughout the chart, according to the orientation of the coastlines. Alvesgaspar (talk) 13:50, 10 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support Thanks for the explanation. It is fascinating indeed! SMasters (talk) 03:21, 11 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]
  • Support cool. Nergaal (talk) 18:30, 15 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]

Promoted File:Jorge Aguiar 1492 MR.jpg --Makeemlighter (talk) 05:08, 19 December 2010 (UTC)[reply]