Finding their way at sea : the story of portolan charts, the cartographers who drew them and the mariners who sailed by them /
Pflederer, Richard L.
Houten, Netherlands : Hes & De Graaf,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 157-159) and index.
Beginnings -- Systems of geography : grids and radials -- Seamen and scientists : the practical vs. the theoretical -- Navigation and cartography : a symbiotic relationship -- An imperfect technology -- Ports -- Cartographers and mariners -- Beyond the Mediterranean Sea and into the Atlantic -- The Indian Ocean and onwards to the Orient -- The transition to modern admiralty charts -- Appendix : survey of the scholarly literature of the subject.
Nautical charts
Cartography
Navigation
Ocean
Early maps.