Lexicographical Neighbors of Portulans
Literary usage of Portulans
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Islandica by Cornell University Libraries (1908)
"Der nordwestliche Teil eines portulans aus dem Anfange des 16. ... Ein Teil eines
portulans von Matteo Prunes 1586, ebenfalls in Paris, und 9. ..."
2. The Gentleman's Magazine (1875)
"The sixteenth century portulans outrival the missals of that period in the beauty
of their marginal illustrations. The breath of the Renaissance was then ..."
3. Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece, During the Middle of the Fourth by Jean Jacques Barthélemy, Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage (1825)
"... who makes the distance between the mouth of that river and Olympia but eighty
stadia.8 The greater part of the portulans, Levanto,* and many maps, ..."
4. The Discoveries of the Norsemen in America: With Special Relation to Their by Joseph Fischer (1903)
"... as to the connection between Claudius Clavus and the Italian portulans, it
will suffice to mention here that the characteristic and inaccurate extension ..."
5. Travels of Anacharsis the Younger in Greece: During the Middle of the Fourth ...by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage by Jean-Jacques Barthélemy, Jean Denis Barbié du Bocage (1796)
"The greater number of the portulans place tlie ... the Greek and compiled portulans
make Cape Sidero, ..."
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