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    Pole Star for its north mark. The use of the fleur-de-lis as north mark was introduced by Pedro Reinel, and quickly became customary in compass roses (and...
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    Gabriel de Vallseca (1439), the Genoese map (1457), the Fra Mauro map (1459) and the maps of Henricus Martellus Germanus (1484, 1489) and Pedro Reinel (c....
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    cartographers Jorge Reinel and Diego Ribero, a Portuguese who had started working for King Charles in 1518 as a cartographer at the Casa de Contratación, took...
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    Quaini, Genova, Brigati, 2007, pp. 72@–75. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Vesconte Maggiolo. Compass Rose by Pedro Reinel, Marinha Museum, Lisbon...
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  • Pont (Scotland, 1565–1614) Pedro Reinel (Portugal ?–c. 1542), author of the oldest signed Portuguese nautical chart Jorge Reinel (Portugal c. 1502–c. 1572)...
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    1519 Atlas Miller, Pedro Reiner [1]https://gallica.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/btv1b55002605w/f2.item# Gale 1519 Carte du Monde Jorge Reinel, Sevilla [2]https://gallica...
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     1485: Portuguese cartographer Pedro Reinel made the oldest known signed Portuguese nautical chart. 1492: Cartographer Jorge de Aguiar made the oldest known...
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