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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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Artes y artesanías islámicas
Artes y artesanías islámicas Artes y artesanías islámicas Book review by Juan Acevedo of the book "Islamic Arts and Crafts: An Anthology" written by Marcus Milwright and published by Edinburgh University Press, 2017. Available here.
Colonial Science and Empires: Approaches from the Early Modern Spanish-Iberian and East Asia Worlds
Colonial Science and Empires: Approaches from the Early Modern Spanish-Iberian and East Asia Worlds On 4th of December, José María Moreno Madrid will answer the question "Why on Earth calculate longitude in the Early Modern period?" at the workshop "Colonial Science and Empires: Approaches from the Early Modern Spanish-Iberian and East Asia Worlds". December 4,…
Representações, imaginário e experiências atlánticas. Séculos V-XVI
Representações, imaginário e experiências atlánticas. Séculos V-XVI On 24th of November, Joana Lima will present "Voando por cima das águas: um mapa imaginário do Oceano Atlântico no teatro português quinhentista" at the seminar "Representações, imaginário e experiências atlánticas. Séculos V-XVI". November 24, 2023, Colegio Almada Negreiros, Lisbon, Portugal Representações, imaginário e experiências atlánticas. Séculos V-XVI On…
History of Knowledge Conference
History of Knowledge Conference On 24th of November, Henrique Leitão will give the Keynote Speaker talk "Global lines, mathematical cosmography and the emergence of a global Earth". Other RUTTER contributions are: Antonio Sánchez (Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain) - "Thinking with hands’: the structures of artisanal knowledge" Juan Acevedo (University of Lisbon, Portugal) - "Discreet…
On oceanic routes: “the seas” of Asia
III Simpósio Internacional de História do Oriente - On oceanic routes: "the seas" of Asia The RUTTER team will present: Opening lecture of José Manuel Malhão Pereira “Pedro Fernandes Queirós e a descoberta do Pacífico (séc. XVI-XVII)” Nuno Vila-Santa / Luana Giurgevich “Ecos da Ásia Portuguesa na correspondência da Cúria Romana (1573-1597): Breves notas sobre alguns…
Henrique Leitão awarded the Prémio Academia de Marinha 2023
Henrique Leitão awarded the Prémio Academia de Marinha 2023 Henrique Leitão - Prémio Academia de Marinha 2023 Henrique Leitão awarded the Prémio Academia de Marinha 2023. The Prémio Academia de Marinha 2023 recognizes "Henrique Leitão's vast and notable work developed around maritime knowledge, resulting of an intense and brilliant academic, scientific and intellectual path…
La lezione di geografia
La lezione di geografia by David Salomoni. Il presente volume vuole ricostruire i meccanismi di alfabetizzazione geografica iniziati in Europa nel XV secolo, all’indomani delle prime esplorazioni spagnole e portoghesi nell’Oceano Atlantico. La geografia tardo medievale, infatti, non era ancora una disciplina epistemologicamente compatta così come siamo abituati a pensarla oggi. La proiezione sui mari…
Invited talks for the Embassy of Spain in Serbia
Invited talks for the Embassy of Spain in Serbia José María Moreno Madrid was invited by the Embassy of Spain in Serbia to give the talks "Diseñando un mundo navegado. Una aproximación histórico-científica a la cartografia de Edad Moderna temprana" at the Svilara - Kulturna stanica, Novi Sad, Serbia on 6 November 2023, and "Depicting…
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.