Publication

Atravessando a Porta do Pacífico. Roteiros e Relatos da Travessia do Estreito de Magalhães, 1520-1620
by José María Moreno Madrid and Henrique Leitão
30 October 2020

Scholar meets RUTTER

Andrew Bellisari

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about Global and Colonial history
30 October 2020

Technical note

RUTTER Technical note n.4
The Portuguese India Run (16th-18th centuries): A Bibliography
by Nuno Vila-Santa
26 October 2020

Book review

RUTTER book review n.11
Roteiros e rotas portuguesas no Oriente nos séculos XVI e XVII
by Luana Giurgevich
23 October 2020

Book review

RUTTER book review n.10
Nuns navigating the Spanish Empire
by David Salomoni
28 September 2020

Scholar meets RUTTER

Andrea Canova

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about "La relazione di Pigafetta"
25 September 2020

Conference

9th International Conference of the European Society for the History of Science
Antonio Sanchez:
"The Tacit Dimension of Artisanal Knowledge in the Iberian Maritime Culture of the Early Modern Age"
3 September 2020

Book review

RUTTER book review n.9
Empires of the Sea. Maritime Networks in World History
by Nuno Vila-Santa
2 September 2020

People


Tiago Rocha e Mello, master student at the University of Lisbon, is joining the RUTTER team for an internship.
1 September - 31 December 2020

People


Miguel Fernandes, master student at the NOVA University of Lisbon, is joining the RUTTER team for an internship.
1 September - 31 December 2020

Book review

RUTTER book review n.8
A Maritime Lexicon
Arabic Nautical Terminology in the Indian Ocean
by Juan Acevedo
26 August 2020

Scholar meets RUTTER

Florike Egmond

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about visual culture in the Early Modern
17 July 2020

Technical note

RUTTER Technical note n.3
David Salomoni
Jesuits on Board. A Reasoned Bibliography on the Early Modern Jesuit Trans-Oceanic Sailing Experiences
9 July 2020

Book review

RUTTER book review n.7
Teatro a bordo de naus portuguesas
by Joana Lima
6 July 2020

RUTTER Seminar

Nuno Palma

Understanding the rise and fall of the Portuguese economy, 1300-1900
3 July 2020

People

Rodolfo Cunha, student at the Romeu Correia secondary school, is joining the RUTTER team for an internship.
1 July - 30 July 2020

People

Débora Albuquerque, PhD student at INESC (Lisbon), is joining the RUTTER team for an internship.
1 July - 30 July 2020

RUTTER Seminar


Joaquim Gaspar

What is a nautical chart really?
19 June 2020

Book review

RUTTER book review n.6
Oceanic Histories
by David Salomoni
16 June 2020

People

Pedro Louro, undergraduate in History at the University of Utrecht, is joining the RUTTER team for an internship.
15 June - 30 July 2020

Scholar meets RUTTER

Antonio Sanchez

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about artisan culture
12 June 2020

Technical Note


RUTTER Technical note n.2
Inês Bénard & Juan Acevedo
Indian Ocean Arab Navigation Studies Towards a Global Perspective: Annotated Bibliography and Research Roadmap
6 June 2020

Technical Note


RUTTER Technical note n.1
Luana Giurgevich
Bibliotheca roteirística: Edições impressas em Portugal dos séculos XVII e XVIII
6 June 2020

Scholar meets RUTTER


Filipe Castro

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about maritime archeology
29 May 2020

News

Online the new blog of the RUTTER project!
"Reading Rutters" presents further in-depth analysis and friendly insights about our work and activities.
Blog
19 May 2020

Conference

International online seminar "Comparatística y globalización"
David Salomoni: "La función clave de la península ibérica en la ciencia y la técnica de la primera Edad Moderna global"
Universitat d'Alacant, Alicante, Spain
info; registration
28-29 May 2020

Book review


RUTTER book review n.5
Wayfinding: The Science and Mystery of How Humans Navigate the World
by Juan Acevedo

Scholar meets RUTTER

Isabel Soler
Informal talk with the RUTTER team about her work and her books
15 May 2020

News

The RUTTER Paleography group starts its online activities.
Helded by José Maria Moreno Madrid
14 May 2020

Scholar meets RUTTER


Ricardo Padrón
Informal talk with the RUTTER team about his last book "The Indies of the Setting Sun"
7 May 2020

Book review


RUTTER book review n.4
Sailing School: Navigating Science and Skill, 1550-1800
by Silvana Munzi

Book review


RUTTER book review n.3
A Primeira Viagem em Redor do Mundo
by Joana Lima

News
The Arabic Reading Group goes online from 15 April!
Contact Dr Acevedo (juan.acevedo@fc.ul.pt) to join us.
Blog; info

Book review


RUTTER book review n.2
The Bookshop of the World. Making and Trading Books in the Dutch Golden Age
by Nuno Vila-Santa

News

The RUTTER project is on Twitter!
3 April 2020
Follow us at @ErcRutter

Book review


RUTTER book review n.1
Conquerors. How Portugal Forged the First Global Empire
by David Salomoni

News


The RUTTER team started a working group devoted to Paleography lead by José Maria Moreno Madrid to train how to read "roteiros" (rutters).

Dissemination

Conference
Henrique Leitão presents "Fernão de Magalhães, 1519-1522: A viagem impossível"
5 March 2020, Colégio de S. Tomás, Lisbon

Publication

La Armada española (III) El Atlántico siglo XVI
"Alonso de Chaves y el Espejo de navegantes"
Antonio Sánchez
info

News


Arabic Reading Group will be open. Free participation.
Contact Juan Acevedo (juan.acevedo@fc.ul.pt)
Blog; info

News

The circumnavigation trip of the current Portuguese Navy school ship aims to commemorate the historic feat of the Portuguese navigator Fernão de Magalhães in the early 16th century. In collaboration with Henrique Leitão, during the trip nautical measurements will be collected to compare the past and the present.
Source: Marinha Portuguesa
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Conference

Cross-disciplinary conference "The idea of Europe in literature, philosophy and the arts: History and current debate"
David Salomoni presents "Early modern nautical rutters and the idea of Europe:  New trends in global and digital history"
5 March 2020, King's College, London (UK)
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News

Interview with Henrique Leitão - Colóquio o Retrato de Fernão de Magalhães
CHAM - Centro de Humanidades
Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian

Dissemination

cE3c Advanced course "Until death do us apart: living in a symbiotic world"
Henrique Leitão presents "Symbiosis of knowledge"
6 February 2020, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
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Dissemination

Nuno Vila-Santa presents "Documentos inéditos para a expedição Barreto-Homem ao Monimotapa (1569-1577)"
4 February 2020, Academia de Marinha, Lisbon
info

People

The RUTTER project welcomes the new member Carmo La Cerda, master student at the Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
27 January 2020
info

Kick-off meeting

RUTTER - Making the Earth Global: Early Modern Nautical Rutters and the Construction of a Global Concept of the Earth
Centro Interuniversitário de História das Ciências e da Tecnologia, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
17 January 2020
Proceedings of the kick-off meeting

Conference

International meeting "I viaggi e la modernità. Dalle grandi esplorazioni geografiche ai mondi extraterrestri"
Antonio Sanchez presents "El mapa, la aguja y el astrolabio - Viajes transoceánicos y cultura empírica en tiempos de Magallanes"
5 December 2019, Università di Roma Tre, Rome (Italy)
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Dissemination

Ciências Research Day
Henrique Leitão presents "Where's Wally?: Spotting the next ERC grantees at CIÊNCIAS"
30 October 2019, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
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Conference

International meeting "Antonio Pigafetta, Giovan Battista Ramusio e o retrato de Fernão de Magalhães"
Henrique Leitão presents "A expedição da longitude"
30 October 2019, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, Lisbon (Portugal)
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Conference

XIII Seminario Internacional “La Corte en Europa” - La primera vuelta al mundo: Fernando Magallanes y Juan Sebastián Elcano. La audacia de dos Monarquías.
Henrique Leitão presents "Roteiros, circumnavegação e a construção de uma imagem global da Terra"
Antonio Sánchez presents “La circunnavegación de 1519, la ciencia ibérica y la ciencia moderna”.
23-25 October 2019, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid (Spain)
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Conference
II Curso de Historia del Pensamiento Mexicano
Antonio Sánchez presents "Navegación y cosmografía en el siglo XV: del viaje de Magallanes-Elcano al Galeón de Manila, 1521-1565"
15 October 2019, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
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Conference

Evento integrado na série Encontros sobre Arte e Império do projecto TechNetEMPIRE
Antonio Sánchez presents "Impérios globais, conhecimento tácito e culturas artesanais na cultura marítima ibérica do século XVI"
8 October 2019, Universidade Nova de Lisboa
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Conference
3er Encuentro Ibérico de Historia de las Matemáticas
Henrique Leitão presents "A origem da projecção de Mercator: loxodrómicas, tabelas e rumos e cartografia"
Antonio Sánchez presents "Experiencia y matemáticas en la época de Magallanes: el conocimiento tácito en la cultura marítima del siglo XVI"
26-28 September 2019, Universidad de Sevilla, Sevilla (Spain)
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News

Henrique Leitão ganha um ERC Advanced Grant com o projeto RUTTER.