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Cartography throughout the 14th-16th centuries played a significant role in the expansion of the kingdoms of the Iberian Peninsula for a multitude of reasons. Primarily, the maps developed during this period served as navigational tools for maritime folk such as explorers, sailors and navigators.
Early Chinese cartography. Da Ming Hunyi Tu (late 14th century Ming dynasty Chinese map) Maps of Russia. Godunov map (1667) Maps of Scandinavia. Carta marina (c. 1530) Det Kongelige danske Søkortarkiv (1784) French cartography: Cassini maps (1756–1789) Cartography of India. Survey of India (1767) Great Trigonometrical Survey (1802–1858 ...
History of Cartography Project – Publishing project in the Department of Geography at the University of Wisconsin–Madison Early modern Iberian (Spanish and Portuguese) cartography Early modern Netherlandish (Dutch and Flemish) cartography – Evolution of the art and science of mapmaking Pages displaying short descriptions of redirect targets
History of Cartography Project; ... Iberian cartography, 1400–1600; M. Majorcan cartographic school; Mecia de Viladestes; P. Peter Martyr map; Pilot Major of Spain;
History of cartography (6 C, 19 P) + History books about geography (1 C, 1 P) A. Age of Discovery (8 C, 31 P) ... Iberian cartography, 1400–1600; Inventing the Flat ...
Carlos Ibáñez e Ibáñez de Ibero, 1st Marquis of Mulhacén, (14 April 1825 – 28 or 29 January 1891) was a Spanish divisional general and geodesist. [1] [2] [3] He represented Spain at the 1875 Conference of the Metre Convention and was the first president of the International Committee for Weights and Measures. [4]
Juan de la Cosa's map is a manuscript nautical chart of the world drawn on two joined sheets of parchment sewn onto a canvas backing. It measures 96 cm high by 183 cm wide. A legend written in Spanish at the western edge of the map translates as "Juan de la Cosa made this (map) in the port of Santa Maria in the year 1500".
A sailor's ability to travel was dictated by the technology available, and it was not until the late 15th century that the development of the nautical sciences on the Iberian Peninsula allowed for the genesis of long-distance shipping by directly effecting, and leading to the creation of, new tools and techniques relative to navigation.