‘A Sailor’s Word of Honor’: Knowledge of the Southern Iberian Coastline in Light of Navigational Practice in the Age of Discovery (15th.-16th. Centuries)
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A study of Andalusia’s coastline topography and conditions for navigation along it at the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Early Modern Era. An analysis based on various records that offer descriptions of ports, land geography and the seabed of the coast. The conditions for their identification and for safe navigation in those waters. The detailed and extremely practical content of these texts attests to the professional tradition of Castilian sailors and their experience on the Southern Iberian coast, between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean, in the Age of Discovery.Downloads
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