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SOUSA (L. de Morais e). A SCIENCIA Náutica dos Pilotos Portugueses nos Séculos XV e XVI. Lisboa. 1924. - SOUSA (L. de Morais e) A SCIENCIA Náutica dos Pilotos Portugueses nos Séculos XV e XVI . Lisboa: Imprensa Nacional, 1924. 2 v.: il.; 250 mm. A technical-historical study on the nautical science practiced by Portuguese pilots during the 15th and 16th centuries, a founding period for astronomical navigation and scientific cartography in Europe. Published in two volumes by the National Press, the work seeks to reconstruct the methods, instruments, and knowledge employed by Portuguese navigators during the Age of Discoveries in determining latitude by the altitude of celestial bodies, in the use of the astrolabe and the cross-staff, and in the progressive systematization of the sailing directions and nautical charts that supported Portuguese maritime expansion. A contribution to the history of Portuguese nautical science, a discipline that had its most prominent exponents in figures such as Pedro Nunes and D. João de Castro. ⚑ Auto-translated via Google Translate