What is a Nautical Chart? Part II | The Treatises of Pedro Nunes about the nautical chart by Joaquim
The pre-Mercator nautical chart is an amazing artefact of unexpected complexity. Not because its construction relied on sophisticated...
21 de nov. de 20191 min de leitura
"Was the Earth Round in 1500?" a talk by Joaquim Alves Gaspar
Friday, June 7th at 10.30am, Joaquim Alves Gaspar will deliver a talk at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, room 8.2.14. All...
3 de jun. de 20191 min de leitura
"Johann Schöner’s Globe of 1523: The Final Resolution of the Crisis in Renaissance Cosmography&
Friday, May 24th at 10.30am, Gregory McIntosh will deliver a talk at the Faculty of Sciences, University of Lisbon, room 8.2.14. All...
10 de mai. de 20192 min de leitura