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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.
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RUTTER Technical note n.12
Luana Giurgevich Roteiros portugueses do século XVII (Manuscritos) RUTTER Technical note n.12 Luana Giurgevich Roteiros portugueses do século XVII (Manuscritos) Version 1 Download
Reporting for a King: Valois France and Europe through the eyes of ambassador Dantas (1557-1568)
Reporting for a King: Valois France and Europe through the eyes of ambassador Dantas (1557-1568) Culture & History Digital Journal Nuno Vila-Santa "Reporting for a King: Valois France and Europe through the eyes of ambassador Dantas (1557-1568)" During his embassy to France between 1557 and 1568, João Pereira Dantas produced valuable reports on French events…
CIVIS – European Renaissance, online seminars
CIVIS - European Renaissance, online seminars Session 4 (Sciences and Navigation): “Other Scientific Renaissances” May 4, 2023, online CIVIS - European Renaissance, online seminars Session 4 (Sciences and Navigation): “Other Scientific Renaissances” Juan Acevedo and Inês Bénard: “al-Mahri’s ‘Conclusions’ on Ratio et Ars: Insights from a 16th-century Arab Pilot” José María Moreno Madrid: "Ptolemy is…
RUTTER Technical note n.11
Henrique Leitão & Luana Giurgevich Jesuits and Science in the Portuguese Assistancy: Thirty Years of Studies (A Bibliography, 1993–2023) RUTTER Technical note n.11 Henrique Leitão & Luana Giurgevich Jesuits and Science in the Portuguese Assistancy: Thirty Years of Studies (A Bibliography, 1993–2023) Version 1 Download
Al-Mahrī’s Mir’at al-salak li-kurat al-aflak: A 16th-century Yemeni Navigator’s Reflections on Astronomical Knowledge
Al-Mahrī’s Mir’at al-salak li-kurat al-aflak: A 16th-century Yemeni Navigator’s Reflections on Astronomical Knowledge by Eric Staples, Juan Acevedo and Inês Bénard. The sixteenth-century Yemeni navigator Sulaymān al-Mahrī is one of the two main Arab authors writing on maritime navigation in the Indian Ocean in the early modern and pre-modern periods. While he is generally known…
European History 1500-1800 Seminar Series
European History 1500-1800 Seminar Series May 15, 2023, School of Advanced Study, University of London, United Kingdom Henrique Leitão, Luana Giurgevich and Nuno Vila-Santa will present “The Rutter Project: Making the Earth Global in Early Modern Europe” at the European History 1500-1800 Seminar Series on 15 May 2023, at the School of Advanced Study, University…
Café Ciências with Joana Lima
Café Ciências with Joana Lima Voltam os encontros com café e ciência na Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa! As sessões de “Café Ciências” terão lugar às quartas-feiras, pelas 17h30, na Galeria Ciências, lugar da exposição “A Porta do Pacífico: Uma viagem cartográfica pelo Estreito de Magalhães”. A sessão do dia 26 de abril…
Francis Drake – Il corsaro che sfidò un impero
Francis Drake - Il corsaro che sfidò un impero by David Salomoni. All’origine del mondo moderno ci fu un tempo in cui un ‘drago’ solitario sfidò il più grande impero della terra, quello ‘su cui il sole non tramontava mai’. Tra viaggi infiniti, tempeste furibonde e battaglie impreviste, il corsaro Francis Drake pose le basi…
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.