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THE RUTTER PROJECT
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.
News & Events
CIÊNCIAS Research & Innovation day 2024
CIÊNCIAS Research & Innovation day 2024 22 October was the CIÊNCIAS Research & Innovation Day 2024. The RUTTER project was represented with two posters and a talk titled "Time, the stuff of history" by Henrique Leitão. Amazing to see how much history of science was present in the talks of many speakers! Photos available…
Joaquim Alves Gaspar at Alexandria (RTP)
Joaquim Alves Gaspar at Alexandria (RTP) Joaquim Alves Gaspar invited guest in the 3rd episode of "Alexandria", an RTP program, to talk about nautical cartography (in Portuguese).
XVIII Seminario Internacional “La Corte en Europa”
Aliados en Europa y rivales en el Globo? Diplomacia y espionaje marítimo entre Portugal y España en la época de Luís de Camões XVIII Seminario Internacional “La Corte en Europa” Nuno Vila-Santa (UAB - RUTTER project) will present “Aliados en Europa y rivales en el Globo? Diplomacia y espionaje marítimo entre Portugal y España…
Camões: No Poet Is an Island
Henrique Leitão presented “Honest study” versus “long experience”: knowledge and nature in Camões Symposium “Camões: No Poet Is an Island” Henrique Leitão was invited to present the talk “Honest study” versus “long experience”: knowledge and nature in Camões at the Symposium “Camões: No Poet Is an Island” at the Hispanic Society Museum & Library. 1…
Rayas. Global lines, mathematical frontiers
Rayas. Global lines, mathematical frontiers Rayas. Global lines, mathematical frontiers On the occasion of the anniversary of the “Juntas de Badajoz-Elvas”, this workshop aims to reflect on the novel partitions of power and notions of space that the Iberian kingdoms adopted in the early modern period. More specifically, to discuss how such novel partitions…
Cornelis Schilt
RUTTER seminar “Experimenting with the Past: Adventures in Maritime Archeology around the Indian Ocean" Cornelis Schilt "VERITRACE: Data-driven humanities". This talk presented the ERC project "VERITRACE - Traces de la Verité. The reappropriation of ancient wisdom in early modern natural philosophy". VERITRACE addresses the influence of ancient wisdom writings on the development of early modern…
11th European Society for the History of Science Conference
Inês Bénard participated in the 11th European Society for the History of Science conference. 4-7 September 2024, Barcelona (Spain) 11th European Society for the History of Science conference RUTTER member Inês Bénard participated in the 11th European Society for the History of Science conference and presented the talk "Travelling Through the Seasons: Sea Voyages in…
José Maria Moreno Madrid’s doctoral defense
José Maria Moreno Madrid has successfully completed his PhD and defended his doctoral thesis. José Maria Moreno Madrid's doctoral defense The RUTTER team is thrilled to announce that José Maria Moreno Madrid has successfully completed his PhD and defended his doctoral thesis! Congratulations for this incredible journey of hard work, dedication, and friendship.
The Rutter Logo
The Rutter Logo captures the notion of what a rutter is, with some poetic license. Oceanic Rutters are instructions to perform regular long-distance sea voyages. The voyage is represented by the blue line; its shape is somewhat akin to the India Run, with its famous contour around Africa; the two reflected R’s, signify the outbound and inbound voyages; the double tt can be assimilated to the “pillars of Hercules”. The Rutter Logo was designed by Luís Ribeiro.