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Page 77
... voyages , the Portuguese pilots followed the same methods of navigation as the sea- faring peoples of the Mediterranean . From the marine charts they ascertained the direction , or rhumb , of the proposed voyage , and also its distance ...
... voyages , the Portuguese pilots followed the same methods of navigation as the sea- faring peoples of the Mediterranean . From the marine charts they ascertained the direction , or rhumb , of the proposed voyage , and also its distance ...
Page 83
... voyage . This is ascribed to Christopher . The second consists of three marginal sketches in a copy of Columbus ' letter of July 1503 describing his fourth voyage , preserved in the National Library , Florence . From this we learn that ...
... voyage . This is ascribed to Christopher . The second consists of three marginal sketches in a copy of Columbus ' letter of July 1503 describing his fourth voyage , preserved in the National Library , Florence . From this we learn that ...
Page 99
... voyage of 1501.1 In the north , there is an isolated portion of the mainland , probably Florida , and the Portuguese discoveries in the far north , with the addition of Greenland , are again shown as part of Asia . With the Ruysch map ...
... voyage of 1501.1 In the north , there is an isolated portion of the mainland , probably Florida , and the Portuguese discoveries in the far north , with the addition of Greenland , are again shown as part of Asia . With the Ruysch map ...
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