Atlante Miller

Contents:

From the editor to the reader

Preface
Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral

The discoveries and the Atlas Miller, a masterpiece of cartography and art from the Renaissance
Alfredo Pinheiro Marques (Centro do Estudos do Mar Luís de Albuquerque)

Nautical cartography on portolan-charts in the Late Middle Ages, and the contribution made by Portuguese cartography (15th-16th centuries)
Alfredo Pinheiro Marques

The exceptional geographical significance of the Atlas Miller and the situation on the eve of Magellan’s voyage
Alfredo Pinheiro Marques

The outstanding artistic value of the Atlas Miller, a masterpiece by Lopo Homem, Pedro Reinel, Jorge Reinel and António de Holanda
Alfredo Pinheiro Marques

The Atlas Miller and the ideology of Manueline imperialism
Luís Filipe Thomaz (Director of the Institute for Oriental Studies of the Portuguese Catholic University)

Geographical and toponymic study of the regional charts in the Atlas Miller
Alfredo Pinheiro Marques, Luís Filipe Thomaz and Bernardo Sá Nogueira (Universidade de Lisboa)

Notes
Appendix
Bibliography
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ISBN: 978-84-88526-90-8