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IN the history of cartography, in the development of maps and map-making, there is perhaps nothing quite comparable to the first appearance of the “portolani” or “handy charts” at the close of the thirteenth and the beginning of the fourteenth century. For the portolani, the first true sea-charts, are also the first true maps of any kind—the earliest designs in which any part of the earth-surface is laid down from actual observation of close and continuous character.
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BEAZLEY, C. The First True Maps . Nature 71, 159–161 (1904). https://doi.org/10.1038/071159a0
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