Portolans are as old as the European mariner's magnetic compass, and for about two centuries the two depended on each other for the growth and safe passage of Mediterranean trade.
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Portolan
//ˈpɔːtələn//
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Catalan
1 entries- portolà noun (chart of European navigable waters)
French
1 entries- portulan noun (chart of European navigable waters)
German
1 entries- Portolan noun (chart of European navigable waters)
Italian
1 entries- portolano noun (chart of European navigable waters)
Polish
1 entries- portolan noun (chart of European navigable waters)
Portuguese
1 entries- portulano noun (chart of European navigable waters)
Spanish
1 entries- portulano noun (chart of European navigable waters)
Turkish
1 entries- portolan noun (chart of European navigable waters)
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