Portolan Atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and Environs, Drawn on an Oval Projection (circa 1590) by Joan Oliva, Framed Art Print Top Spring Products or the ghost imagining her

Portolan Atlas of the Mediterranean Sea and Environs, Drawn on an Oval Projection (circa 1590) by Joan Oliva, Framed Art Print Top Spring Products or the ghost imagining herOriginal public domain art from the US Library of Congress, digitally enhanced. The early portolan charts, from the Italian word portolano, meaning "a collection of sailing directions", spawned a new era of mapmaking and oceanic exploration. For the first time, Europeans could accurately visualise their continent in a way that enabled them to improvise new navigational routes instead of simply going from point to point. Attributed to Joan Oliva by

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