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User:Portolanero

I`m specialist in medieval portolan charts, a still unsolved mystery of science. I hope to find on Wikipedia people with similar interest or with usefule information.

After completion in 1/2013 this pages were deleted from Wikipedia. A [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incidents&oldid=539143856#User_refuses_to_NOINDEX_their_collection_of_WP:FAKEARTICLEs_kept_in_their_userspace discussion] found them unsuitable. They are now on another Wikimedia system and still intended for collaborative improvement of knowledge. Any suggestions please on my [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk%3APortolanero User Talk Page.]

The pages were [http://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Commons:Undeletion_requests/Current_requests&oldid=93620894#Undelete_my_user_pages deleted again.] If you consider to work on the topic, you may ask [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons%3AUndeletion_requests here] or [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia%3ADeletion_review here] for temporary access.

1. What is unsolved about portolans?

[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/The_Problem_of_the_Portolan_Charts The Problem of the Portolan Charts]

2. With focus on cartometric: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/The_History_of_Portolan_Research The History of Portolan Research]

3. Some info on oldest chart: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Carte_Pisane Carte Pisane]

4. The portolans of the North and the relation to the southern portolans:

[http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Caerte_van_Oostlant "Caerte van Oostlant"]

5. The most important portolan and the transmission map: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Pizigani_1367_Chart Pizigani 1367 Chart]

:5.1 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Cartometric_Analysis_II Cartometric Analysis II]

:5.2 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/The_Maps_of_King_Arthur The Maps of King Arthur?]

6. A crucial issue: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/The_Ptolemy_Problem The Ptolemy Problem]

7. The root origin: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Traces_of_a_Classical_Portolan_World_Map Traces of a Classical Portolan World Map] And how the survey was done and the role of the Secret Courts.

8. [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Synopsis_-_Timeline Synopsis - Timeline]

[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Literature Literature]

Supplements:

  • The find of the Gon grid: [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Traces_of_the_Source_Atlas Traces of the Source Atlas]
  • [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/DR_Page In Search For Dead Reckoning Data]
  • [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Unrecognized_Classical_Transmissions Unrecognized Classical Transmissions]
  • [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Portolanero/Leonardo%27s_Bicycle Leonardo's Bicycle]