The Medea-chart research project announces the publication of a series of weekly outreach articles entitled Chart of the Week. Every Thursday, a new chart, atlas or relevant actor on the History of Nautical Cartography, from Middle Ages to Early Modern times, will be featured at the Medea-Chart website and social media. The Medea-chart research project team invites you […]
The International Committee for the History of Nautical Science is pleased to announce the 19th edition of the International Reunion for the History of Nautical Science (IRHNS XIX) that will finally be held, after a postponement caused by the COVID-19 crisis, in Seville between March 1 and 5, 2021, coordinated by the Universidad Pablo de Olavide y […]
The Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia (CIUHCT), University of Lisbon, announces the celebration of the third conference on the history of nautical cartography On the origin and evolution of the nautical chart, which will be held at the Instituto Hidrográfico from Lisbon on June 4 and 5, 2020. On this occasion […]
It is just available the programming of the Second International Workshop On the Origin and Evolution of Portolan Charts that will take place in the Instituto Hidrográfico of Lisbon on June, 7th and 8th. The meeting is organised by the Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia (CIUHCT) and it will focus on different aspects of the research about medieval portolans: current state […]
Days of 6 and 7 of June of 2016 it will take place the first International Workshop “On the Origin and Evolution of Portolan Charts” in the Museu de Marinha of Lisbon. The meeting is organised by the Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia (CIUHCT) and it will focus on different aspects of the research about […]
From December 17, 2015 to March 27, 2016 at the Naval Museum (Madrid) you can visit the exhibition entitled “Masters of the Sea Lords of the World. History of the Spanish Nautical Charting “. It is a sample of the Spanish contribution to the discovery and geographical knowledge of the planet, through its nautical charting, […]