Early modern nautical cartography of the Adriatic Sea: An overview
Faricic, J.; Marelic, T. (2025). Early modern nautical cartography of the Adriatic Sea: An overview, in: Faricic, J. et al. Early modern nautical charts of the Adriatic Sea: Information sources, navigation tools, and communication media. pp. 1-35. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8046-7_1
In: Faricic, J.; Marelic, T. (Ed.) (2025). Early modern nautical charts of the Adriatic Sea: Information sources, navigation tools, and communication media. Palgrave Macmillan: Singapore. ISBN 978-981-96-8045-0. XXV, 264 pp. https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-96-8046-7, more
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| Abstract |
Since the beginnings of nautical cartography in the Mediterranean region during the Late Middle Ages, the importance of nautical charts has grown beyond mere navigational purposes, especially during the early modern period. They became an essential medium for conveying an extensive array of socioeconomic information and messages, particularly as less expensive and easier-to-distribute printed charts began to replace their manuscript counterparts. Due to its immense geostrategic significance in integrating the Mediterranean framework with continental Europe, the Adriatic Sea and its surrounding areas have been the sole focus of numerous early modern charts. Featuring two primary ensembles, the chapter provides a comprehensive overview of the development of nautical cartography for the Adriatic Sea region from the late medieval era until the advent of systematic field surveys. With its most significant scientific and stylistic turning points explained in greater detail and supported by the most important cartographic examples, the first one focuses on the chronological development of nautical cartography as seen through a phenomenological lens. The second one focuses on the history of the discipline itself and provides readers a variety of insightful academic results that are further distinguished based on key methodological principles applied to the study of old nautical charts, both of the Adriatic Sea and beyond. |
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