Fernão Vaz Dourado
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Fernão Vaz Dourado was a Portuguese cartographer. He belonged to the third period of the old Portuguese nautical cartography, which is characterised by the abandonment of Ptolemaic influence in the representation of the Orient and better accuracy in the depiction of lands and continents.
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Nautical chart of the 1571 atlas, depicting the northwestern coast of Africa (Portuguese National Archives of Torre do Tombo, Lisbon). The text in the border reads: On this sheet is drawn all the coast of Africa and Guinea up to São Tomé Island
Japan (Iapam) and Korea, in the 1568 Portuguese map of the cartographer João Vaz Dourado
Scientists born in the 1520s 6
About this person
Fernão Vaz Dourado was a Portuguese cartographer. He belonged to the third period of the old Portuguese nautical cartography, which is characterised by the abandonment of Ptolemaic influence in the representation of the Orient and better accuracy in the depiction of lands and continents. Little is known about this historical figure.
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