Amendments are made to this site weekly, sometimes daily, so it
is always worth re-checking a page you saw earlier
You can also search across the whole of this site
The following is a list of those pages that have been created, extended or heavily amended, in recent
months
Only the latest update is listed for 'Web Articles' and 'Images of early maps on the web'
Web Articles [latest
additions, 1 June 2013]. If you want to select only
those added recently, see the note at the head of that page
Images of early maps on the
web [latest additions, 1 June 2013]. If you want to select
only those added recently, see the note at the head of that page
Additional Portolan Chart section on Toponymy
added 11 February 2012
Comprising four wepages and 36 tables & graphs:
~ Innovative Portolan Chart Names (an extended essay)
~ Abandoned Portolan Chart Names (a note)
~ Table of 'Significant Names'- those that first appear on portolan charts after 1311 (and
are repeated regularly thereafter) or those that disappear before 1600 [heavily revised during 2011 and now
including all the 1,800 recurring names between northern France and Morocco]
~ The Methodology behind the Table of 'Significant Names' and its analysis
for previous additions see What was New
(where you will also find a general note about the site's history, its origin in 1996,
and its continuing archive)
Site Move. After more than six years at the University of London's Institute
of Historical Research, the site moved to a new host ammonet.com. All the external links now open in a new window
(thanks to Jack Benson). Just click on the link, close it when you have finished, and
you will return to where you were on this site [August 2003]
Please also use and contribute to the page with updated contact
information for researchers listed in Who' Who in the History of
Cartography: the International Guide to the Subject (D9)
