Lexicographical Neighbors of Portulan
Literary usage of Portulan
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for the Fiscal Year Ended by Library of Congress (1915)
"The portulan is beautifully executed and the coasts are filled with the names of
towns in red and black. The interiors of the countries delineated arc ..."
2. Proceedings by International Congress of Americanists (1882)
"... et le portulan de la Bibliothèque de Dijon (3), marquent ces îles. Au commencement
du xv siècle, lorsque'Jehan de Béthencourt (4) partit de Normandie ..."
3. The Discoveries of the Norsemen in America: With Special Relation to Their by Joseph Fischer (1903)
"... which we find on almost every portulan, from the 14th to the 17th century, to
the west of Ireland, must be the Norse Woodland. From its name and shape, ..."
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