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João de Lisboa (c.1470 – 1525) was a
The 20 charts present:
*Chart 1: Newfoundland, Azores, Iceland, England, Lisbon;
*Chart 2: Central America, Antilles Sea, South America northwest;
*Chart 3: Antilles Sea, South America coast from Maracaibo Gulf to Maranhão;
*Chart 4: South America coast, from Rio de Janeiro to the Magellan Strait, with La Plata River;
*Chart 5: Coast from Maranhão to the South of Brazil;
*Chart 6: From the Brazilian northeast to the west of Africa;
*Chart 7: South Atlantic islands;
*Chart 8: North Atlantic, with Bacallaos Land (Newfoundland), Iceland, England, Lisbon;
*Chart 9: Western Europe
*Chart 10: West Africa and Brazilian Northeast.
*Chart 11: Guinea Gulf;
*Chart 12: Western Africa;
*Chart 13: Eastern Africa;
*Chart 14: Southwest islands in the Indian Ocean;
*Chart 15: Red Sear and Persian Gulf;
*Chart 16: From Persian Gulf coast to Sri Lanka;
*Chart 17: Far East from the Siamese Gulf to Japan;
*Chart 18: Bengala Gulf;
*Chart 19: Insulindia;
*Chart 20: Globe of the world - radial representation centered at the North Pole;
The book can be found in
Colecção Cartográfica nº166
, with an additional information that the maps are made of parchment. The maps of the ''Tratado'' clearly date from after 1514. For instance, it shows the Magellan Strait or Japan (which was only reported by the Portuguese in 1543). On the other hand, the position of certain Portuguese flags is not consistent with historical events; in particular in one of the charts, Portuguese castles are drawn in Inca territory, something that was never reported in any official document. Based on the presence of Japan, Armando Cortesão dated the atlas as "circa 1560", while other authors date it to "circa 1550".
Mapas no Tratado de Marinharia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lisboa, Joao de Portuguese explorers 1470 births 1525 deaths 15th-century Portuguese people 16th-century Portuguese people 15th-century explorers 16th-century explorers 16th-century Portuguese writers 16th-century male writers
Portuguese explorer
Portuguese maritime exploration resulted in the numerous territories and maritime routes recorded by the Portuguese as a result of their intensive maritime journeys during the 15th and 16th centuries. Portuguese sailors were at the vanguard of Eu ...
. He is known to have sailed together with Tristão da Cunha
Tristão da Cunha (sometimes misspelled Tristão d'Acunha; ; c. 1460 – c. 1507) was a Portuguese explorer and naval commander. In 1499, he served as ambassador from King Manuel I of Portugal to Pope Leo X, leading a luxurious embassy presentin ...
, and to have explored Río de La Plata
The Río de la Plata (, "river of silver"), also called the River Plate or La Plata River in English, is the estuary formed by the confluence of the Uruguay River and the Paraná River at Punta Gorda. It empties into the Atlantic Ocean and fo ...
and possibly the San Matias Gulf, around 1511-12.
The Brazilian historian Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen
Francisco Adolfo de Varnhagen, Viscount of Porto Seguro (February 17, 1816 – June 26, 1878), was a Brazilian diplomat and historian. He is the patron of the 39th chair of the Brazilian Academy of Letters. He is considered "the father of modern ...
erroneously stated that he was in Ferdinand Magellan
Ferdinand Magellan ( or ; pt, Fernão de Magalhães, ; es, link=no, Fernando de Magallanes, ; 4 February 1480 – 27 April 1521) was a Portuguese explorer. He is best known for having planned and led the 1519 Spanish expedition to the Eas ...
circumnavigation voyage.
He is the author of a '' Treatise on the Nautical Needle'', dated 1514, which is extant in a later copy included in an undated (ca. 1550?) Portuguese nautical atlas.
He died in 1525 while traveling in the Indian Ocean
The Indian Ocean is the third-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, covering or ~19.8% of the water on Earth's surface. It is bounded by Asia to the north, Africa to the west and Australia to the east. To the south it is bounded by t ...
.
Treatise of Seamanship
It is composed by the ''Brief Treatise on Seamanship'' and a ''"Treatise on the Nautical Needle found by João de Lisboa in the year 1514"''. Thereafter, an atlas of 20 charts follows.
The 20 charts present:
*Chart 1: Newfoundland, Azores, Iceland, England, Lisbon;
*Chart 2: Central America, Antilles Sea, South America northwest;
*Chart 3: Antilles Sea, South America coast from Maracaibo Gulf to Maranhão;
*Chart 4: South America coast, from Rio de Janeiro to the Magellan Strait, with La Plata River;
*Chart 5: Coast from Maranhão to the South of Brazil;
*Chart 6: From the Brazilian northeast to the west of Africa;
*Chart 7: South Atlantic islands;
*Chart 8: North Atlantic, with Bacallaos Land (Newfoundland), Iceland, England, Lisbon;
*Chart 9: Western Europe
*Chart 10: West Africa and Brazilian Northeast.
*Chart 11: Guinea Gulf;
*Chart 12: Western Africa;
*Chart 13: Eastern Africa;
*Chart 14: Southwest islands in the Indian Ocean;
*Chart 15: Red Sear and Persian Gulf;
*Chart 16: From Persian Gulf coast to Sri Lanka;
*Chart 17: Far East from the Siamese Gulf to Japan;
*Chart 18: Bengala Gulf;
*Chart 19: Insulindia;
*Chart 20: Globe of the world - radial representation centered at the North Pole;
The book can be found in Torre do Tombo National Archive
The National Archive of Torre do Tombo ( pt, Arquivo Nacional da Torre do Tombo, ) is the Portuguese national archive located in the civil parish of Alvalade, in the municipality of central-northern Lisbon. Established in 1378, it was renamed ...
Colecção Cartográfica nº166
, with an additional information that the maps are made of parchment. The maps of the ''Tratado'' clearly date from after 1514. For instance, it shows the Magellan Strait or Japan (which was only reported by the Portuguese in 1543). On the other hand, the position of certain Portuguese flags is not consistent with historical events; in particular in one of the charts, Portuguese castles are drawn in Inca territory, something that was never reported in any official document. Based on the presence of Japan, Armando Cortesão dated the atlas as "circa 1560", while other authors date it to "circa 1550".
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Mapas no Tratado de Marinharia
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lisboa, Joao de Portuguese explorers 1470 births 1525 deaths 15th-century Portuguese people 16th-century Portuguese people 15th-century explorers 16th-century explorers 16th-century Portuguese writers 16th-century male writers