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Early modern nautical rutters (sailing directions) are the earliest Western documents that testify to the stable and regular lived experience of traversing the earth’s oceans on a global, planetary scale.

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Book launch “Santo Antão: The Jesuit College in Lisbon and Its History”

Book launch Santo Antão: The Jesuit College in Lisbon and Its History, October 21, at 19:00, Broteria Cultural Center, Lisbon, Portugal. Book Launch "Santo Antão: The Jesuit College in Lisbon and Its History" This seminar will feature the book Santo Antão: The Jesuit College in Lisbon and Its History (Brill, 2025). Edited by David Salomoni,…

Nautical Rutters and New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400–1600

Nautical Rutters and New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400–1600   Nautical Rutters and New Bodies of Knowledge in the Age of the First Globalization, 1400-1600 Editors: Luis Ribeiro, David Salomoni, Henrique Leitão Amsterdam University Press The European maritime expansion of the fifteenth century reshaped global politics, economies, and perceptions…

Magnetism, Navigation, and Cartography in the Early Modern Period: An Elusive Relationship

Magnetism, Navigation, and Cartography in the Early Modern Period: An Elusive Relationship   Magnetism, Navigation, and Cartography in the Early Modern Period: An Elusive Relationship Author: Joaquim Alves Gaspar Cartographica: The International Journal for Geographic Information and Geovisualization Volume 60, Number 2 After the marine compass spread in Europe in the late 13th c., navigation,…

RUTTER closing remarks

RUTTER closing remarks Henrique Leitão And thus it came to the end. Project RUTTER officially ended on 31 August 2025, after six years of intense work. Just a few brief words on this occasion: First of all, we should be proud of what was achieved. The RUTTER team exceeded -- by far -- the scientific…

Quatri Partitu en cosmografía práctica y por otro nombre llamado Espejo de navegantes

Alonso de Chaves, edition of Carmo lacerda & Juan Acevedo Quatri Partitu en cosmografía práctica y por otro nombre llamado Espejo de navegantes Quatri Partitu en cosmografía práctica y por otro nombre llamado Espejo de navegantes The QUATRI PARTITU en cosmografía práctica y por otro nombre llamado Espejo de navegantes (Quatri Partitu on Practical Cosmography,…

The Pleiades and Aldebaran

Aḥmad ibn Mājid, edition of Juan Acevedo al-Fawāʾid fī uṣūl ʿilm al-baḥr wa’l-qawāʿid (Commentaries on the Principles and Foundations of Maritime Science) al-Fawāʾid fī uṣūl ʿilm al-baḥr wa’l-qawāʿid (Commentaries on the Principles and Foundations of Maritime Science) Introduction and selected astronomical pages of a new Arabic critical edition, and English translation, of Aḥmad ibn Mājid’s…

Inside the RUTTER Project

Inside the ERC RUTTER Project A new video series devoted to the RUTTER Project is now online. Discover the project through the voices of its participants, as they share their roles and what it meant to them. Available on our website and YouTube channel.

RUTTER Technical note n.14

José Carvalho & Juan Acevedo Atlas catalão 1375 – Tábua 2: textos e lunário 1375 Catalan Atlas – Plate 2: texts and lunarium RUTTER Technical note n.14 José Carvalho & Juan Acevedo Atlas catalão 1375 – Tábua 2: textos e lunário 1375 Catalan Atlas – Plate 2: texts and lunarium Version 1 Download

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