Portolani, known also as portolans, were early maps used by seafarers to find their way round the coasts of the Mediterranean. As they were produced by draftsmen on dry land from the accounts furnished by medieval sailors they were not very accurate, but they were better than nothing and gave mariners some idea of the dangers to avoid.
This site aims to chart some of the dangers facing modern navigators who must cope with even rockier costs.
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Me in 1943 and Me in 2003
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SUPPLEMENT: Portolani Special
PORTOLANI SPECIAL
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www.portolanispecial.blogspot.com
TITLES PUBLISHED TO DATE
CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THE SUPPLEMENT
ARCHIVE:
Israel and International Law,
Down with the Feminazis,
Showbiz, by Roger Sandall,
A Oposição Portuguesa depois da Morte de Delgado,
The Crusades in Context,
Evolution, Hayek and Scientific Progress,
David Stove against Hayek and Popper,
Eurabian Nights,
Humpty Dumpty's Problem,
An Ignoble Nobel,
Socialismo Africano no Século XVIII, by Roger Sandall,
In Defence of Reason,
Como Desconstruir uma Nação,
The Pope and the President by Gerald Vouga,
Origem e Desenvolvimento do capitalismo na Inglaterra,
Vaclav Klaus sobre ambientalismo,
Prudenial Relativism by Roger Sandall,
Antisemitismo como doença da alma,
Sobre a falsa climatologia,
Caso para rir,
Comportamento sexual e saúde,
Gender as Identity,
Pathophysiology,
Debate chega à Casa Branca,
Comentário sobre declarações de um sheikh.
PORTOLANI REDUX is another blog, exclusively devoted to subjects related to 'gender studies' and themes connected with the family:
www.portolaniredux.blogspot.com
PORTOLANI BOOKS is a web site (not a blog), consisting of an anthology of essays, some of which have already appeared in blogs. Its address is:
http://portolanibooks.vol1.googlepages.com/home
Visit this Supplement at:
www.portolanispecial.blogspot.com
TITLES PUBLISHED TO DATE
CAN BE ACCESSED FROM THE SUPPLEMENT
ARCHIVE:
Israel and International Law,
Down with the Feminazis,
Showbiz, by Roger Sandall,
A Oposição Portuguesa depois da Morte de Delgado,
The Crusades in Context,
Evolution, Hayek and Scientific Progress,
David Stove against Hayek and Popper,
Eurabian Nights,
Humpty Dumpty's Problem,
An Ignoble Nobel,
Socialismo Africano no Século XVIII, by Roger Sandall,
In Defence of Reason,
Como Desconstruir uma Nação,
The Pope and the President by Gerald Vouga,
Origem e Desenvolvimento do capitalismo na Inglaterra,
Vaclav Klaus sobre ambientalismo,
Prudenial Relativism by Roger Sandall,
Antisemitismo como doença da alma,
Sobre a falsa climatologia,
Caso para rir,
Comportamento sexual e saúde,
Gender as Identity,
Pathophysiology,
Debate chega à Casa Branca,
Comentário sobre declarações de um sheikh.
PORTOLANI REDUX is another blog, exclusively devoted to subjects related to 'gender studies' and themes connected with the family:
www.portolaniredux.blogspot.com
PORTOLANI BOOKS is a web site (not a blog), consisting of an anthology of essays, some of which have already appeared in blogs. Its address is:
http://portolanibooks.vol1.googlepages.com/home
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Portolani, known also as portolans, were early maps used by seafarers to find their way round the coasts of the Mediterranean. Because they were produced by draftsmen on dry land from the accounts furnished by medieval sailors they were not very accurate; but they were better than nothing and gave mariners some idea of the dangers to avoid. This site aims to chart some of the dangers facing modern navigators who must cope with even rockier costs.