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German
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian portolano.
Noun
Portolan m (strong, genitive Portolans, plural Portolane)
- portolan
1941, Stefan Zweig, Brasilien :Karten, Portolane, Schiffsrouten, Pilotenberichte wurden ebenso wie Gold und Edelsteine als Kostbarkeiten in der Tesouraria, der Schatzkammer Lissabons, verschlossen, und besonders in diesem Falle war eine vorzeitige Verlautbarung untunlich, denn nach der päpstlichen Bulle Inter caetera gehörten noch alle Gebiete hundert Meilen westlich von Kap Verde rechtmäßig den Spaniern zu.- Maps, portolans, ship routes, pilot reports were, similarly to gold and gemstones, locked as precious objects in the tesouraria, the treasury of Lisbon, and especially in this case an early announcement was impossible since according to the papal bull Inter caetera all territories hundred miles west of Cap Verde still legally belonged to the Spanish.
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Further reading
- “Portolan” in Duden online
- “Portolan” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache