where official nautical map products, primarily designed for commercial shipping lanes, may lack detail. Available in off-the-shelf 1:20,000 scale and custom 1:4,000 scale, the TCarta Satellite ...

The 'canvas' on which he operates is a nautical map through which he can establish ... "For this reason, 'pilot charts' also end up on the table of the route cabin, or maps dedicated to the ...

Historical accounts differ as to how Cantino acquired the map. According to one version, he contracted a well-connected mapmaker to sneak into a Portuguese repository of nautical charts and ...