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 ...

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 ...

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 ...