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portolano
[ pawr-tl-ah-noh, pohr- ]
noun
, plural por·to·la·nos, por·to·la·ni [pawr-tl-, ah, -nee, pohr-].
- a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
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Origin of portolano1
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A sea-chart—probably a portolano—is mentioned as early as the account of the Crusade of St. Louis, in 1270.
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