Coastal Place-Name Enigmas on Early Charts and in Early Sailing Directions
Abstract
Those 14th, 15th, and 16th century mariners who could read almost certainly relied much more upon sailing directions (Rutters) than upon charts. Illiterate ones relied mainly upon practical experience, the lead-line and compass, some knowledge of the heavens, and upon sailing directions learned by roteSimilar works
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This paper was published in Flinders Academic Commons.
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