portolano
noun
a descriptive atlas of the Middle Ages, giving sailing directions and providing charts showing rhumb lines and the location of ports and various coastal features.
portolanos
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pluralof portolano.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Many names here occurring are, however, not to be found on the portolanos of the fourteenth century....
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara
In itself, the Dieppese story is not impossible, and we shall see in another section, from the witness of the Map of 1351 and other portolanos, how plausible it appears, together with still greater ventures.
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara
"A comparison of the contours of the Mediterranean, according to various portolanos, with a modern chart, shows that the normal portolano contained no mistake due to the misdirection of the compass."
From The Chronicle of the Discovery and Conquest of Guinea Vol. II by Gomes Eannes de Zurara
