Mediterranean Portolan Charts and their evolution (13th–16th centuries)

1. Portolan charts emerge in Mediterranean navigation

   Jan 1, 1275Labels: Mediterranean, Portolan charts

   • Britannica
   • Portolan

2. Carte Pisane becomes earliest surviving portolan

   Jan 1, 1290Labels: Carta Pisana, Mediterranean

   • Carta Pisana
   • BnF Dept

3. Pietro Vesconte signs and dates a chart

   Jan 1, 1311Labels: Pietro Vesconte, Genoa

   • Vesconte
   • Facsimiles

4. Vesconte’s multi-sheet portolan atlases circulate

   Jan 1, 1318Labels: Portolan atlas, Pietro Vesconte

   • Vesconte
   • Facsimiles

5. Dalorto/Dulceto chart signals Majorcan transition

   Jan 1, 1330Labels: Dalorto Dulceto, Majorcan transition

   • Dulcert
   • Portolan

6. Angelino Dulcert produces landmark Majorcan chart

   Aug 1, 1339Labels: Angelino Dulcert, Majorca

   • Dulcert
   • Portolan

7. Catalan Atlas expands portolan into world mapping

   Jan 1, 1375Labels: Catalan Atlas, Abraham Cresques

   • BnF Catalog
   • Yale Readings

8. Ornate compass roses develop from wind-line networks

   Jan 1, 1390Labels: Compass rose, Windrose network

   • Compass rose
   • Portolan

9. Fra Mauro synthesizes portolan knowledge in a world map

   Apr 24, 1459Labels: Fra Mauro, Venice

   • Fra Mauro
   • Museo Galileo

10. Juan de la Cosa chart integrates New World coastlines

    Jan 1, 1500Labels: Juan de, New World

    • Library Congress
    • Guinness

11. Cantino planisphere reveals Portuguese oceanic discoveries

    Jan 1, 1502Labels: Cantino planisphere, Portugal

    • Cantino
    • Biblioteca Estense

12. Portolan atlases become Renaissance luxury objects

    Jan 1, 1536Labels: Battista Agnese, Portolan atlases

    • LOC Agnese
    • Portolan