Roteiro (navigation)
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A Roteiro was a Portuguese navigational route description compiled to aid sailors and pilots and used from the 16th to the 19th centuries, an early version of a Baedeker Guide. The Portuguese word 'roteiro' translates as 'route'.[1]
Well-known roteiros are:
- Aleixo da Mota's roteiro of the 1600s, describing the route from India along the African coast.
- The 1666 Roteiro da India Oriental by Antonio de Maris Carneiro, which describes the coastline from Sofala to Mombasa, noting harbours and sandbars, Cape Finisterre and the Strait of Gibraltar.
- The 1823 Roteiro da costa do Maranhaõ ePará by António Gregório de Freitas, covering the coastline of Maranhão and Pará, two northeastern states of Brazil.
References[]
- ^ Reading Columbus - Voyage to Paradise. p. 118.
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