Conference

Gonzaga Digitali 6

David Salomoni "L’alfabetizzazione geografica alla corte dei Gonzaga tra umanesimo e rivoluzione scientifica (secc. XV-XVII)"

25 June 2021

People

Pê Feijó, PhD student in Rhetoric at the University of California, Berkeley, is joining the RUTTER team for an internship.

15 June - 15 October 2021

Scholar meets RUTTER

Djoeke van Netten

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about Early Modern Dutch pilot guides

15 June 2021

Conference

XIX Congreso Internacional de la Asociación Española de Americanistas

José María Moreno Madrid "Un socorro, una ruta inexplorada y un matemático: el papel de Alonso de Flores en la armada a las Filipinas de 1613"

14-16 June 2021

Conference

Scientiae conference

José María Moreno Madrid "To reach or not to reach: Setting a Transoceanic Route as Technical and Scientific Task"
Luís Ribeiro “Misrepresentation and Anachronism in the History of Astrology”

9-12 June 2021

Scholar meets RUTTER

Margaret Schotte

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about mathematics and nautical schools in Early Modern Europe

 4 June 2021

Paper

Anuario de Estudios Americanos
"Ciencia y patronazgo real en el imperio español del siglo XVII: Fray Ignacio Muñoz y su Propuesta de trabajo en Artes Náuticas"
José María Moreno Madrid

2 June 2021

Technical note

RUTTER Technical note n.8
Juan Acevedo & Inês Bénard
The Stars of Indian Ocean Arab Navigation

31 May 2021

Book launch

Nuno Vila-Santa
Do Algarve, a Marrocos e à Índia: Francisco Barreto e a Casa de Quarteira (Séculos XV-XVI)
Espaço municipal de Quarteira, 18:30.

29 May 2021

Technical note

RUTTER Technical note n.7
Luana Giurgevich
Roteiros portugueses dos séculos XV e XVI (Manuscritos)

4 May 2021

People

José Madruga Carvalho, working on on the history of calendar reforms, is joining the RUTTER project as a research team member.

3 May 2021

Scholar meets RUTTER

Dionisius Agius

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about academic life across discipline boundaries
30 April 2021

Book review

RUTTER book review n.13
Why North is Up: Maps Conventions and Where They Come From
By Silvana Munzi
25 April 2021

Conference

La Relacion Hispano-Italiana Moderna
David Salomoni “Educazione geografica e espansione marittima tra Italia e Portogallo, XV-XVI secolo"

22-23 April 2021

Conference

The Renaissance Society of America 2021 virtual meeting
José Maria Moreno Madrid “Monitoring the Paths of the Sea: Routes and Laws in the Sixteenth Century Iberian Empires”;  Luana  Giurgevich “Translating  Portuguese  and  Spanish  Rutters  in  16th Century Europe”; Henrique Leitão “Nautical Rutters and the Construction of Oceanic Space in the Sixteenth Century”; Nuno Vila-Santa “Travelling  with  “Secret”  knowledge:  Linschoten  and  the Iberian Nautical Rutters(1583-1596)”; David Salomoni “Schooling the Discoveries: The transmission of Geographical Knowledge in the Early Modern European School System (16th C.)”; Juan Acevedo “Science, Technique and Craft of Indian Ocean 15th Century Navigation: Arabic Terminology in Context”; Joana Lima “The Poetics of Distance in the Early Modern European Imaginary”; Antonio Sanchez “The Role of Artisanal Cultures in Long Distance Sea Voyages”

15-17 and 20-22 April 2021

People

Fabiano Bracht, Researcher and Science Communication Manager at the University of Porto, is joining the RUTTER team for an internship.
15 April 2021 - 14 July 2021

Conference

Jornadas Res Sinicae 2021 Arquivos e materiais
Luís Campo Ribeiro:
"Applying astronomical knowledge: the Jesuit role in the transmission of European astrology to China and East Asia"
15-16 April 2021

Scholar meets RUTTER

Daniele Dibello

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about Venetian maritime history
9 April 2021

Technical note

RUTTER Technical note n.6
Carmo Lacerda & José María Moreno Madrid
A Remarkable Collection of
Rutters, 16th–18th Centuries: Derroteros que hacía el Piloto Mayor para que llevasen los jefes de las embarcaciones que iban a Indias
29 March 2021

Partner Institution

Academia de Marinha
is the new partner institution of the RUTTER project
23 March 2021

Scholar meets RUTTER

Angela Schottenhammer

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about transpacific connections and maritime history
12 March 2021

RUTTER Seminar

André Murteira

Warships from Europe to Asia – Shipping logistics in the Dutch-Portuguese war in Asia in the 17th century
26 February 2021

Scholar meets RUTTER

Andréa Doré

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about cartography and navigation
19 February 2021

Technical note

RUTTER Technical note n.5
José María Moreno Madrid
A Seventeenth-Century Collection of Rutters: Derroteros de los mares de Marruecos, Canarias, América y Filipinas, y otros documentos, compiled by Ignacio Muñoz
19 February 2021

Book review

RUTTER book review n.12
The Indies of the Setting Sun: How Early Modern Spain Mapped the Far East as the Transpacific West
by David Salomoni
15 February 2021

People

Luís Ribeiro, concluding his PhD at the University of Lisbon, is joining the RUTTER project as a research team member.
9 February 2021

Scholar meets RUTTER

Pietro Daniel Omodeo

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about Early Modern Cosmology
5 February 2021

Dissemination

Seminario permanente IBEROT@C
Henrique Leitão:
"Edgar Zilsel y la cultura marítima en el mundo ibérico"
28 January 2021

Scholar meets RUTTER

Víctor Navarro-Brotons

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about History of Science
29 January 2021

Paper


Gazeta de Matemática
"Par-de-tūsĪ: entre a astronomia Árabe e a Coperniciana"
Inês Bénard
info

Dissemination

Sessões Académicas da Academia das Ciências de Lisboa
Henrique Leitão:
"O Calendário das "Horas Iluminadas do Príncipe Perfeito" (1483): a sua novidade e a sua importância"
10 December 2020

People


Alice Sanches, master student at the NOVA University of Lisbon, is joining the RUTTER team for an internship.
1 December 2020 - 31 March 2021

People


José Candeias, master student at the NOVA University of Lisbon, is joining the RUTTER team for an internship.
1 December 2020 - 31 March 2021

Website

A Sea of Books. RUTTER Virtual Library

A constellation of specialized virtual libraries on maritime literature, organized in thematic sections
By Luana Giurgevich
27 November 2020

Scholar meets RUTTER

Eric Staples

Informal talk with the RUTTER team about Experimental Archeology
27 November 2020

Conference

17º Seminário Nacional de História da Ciência e da Tecnologia
Henrique Leitão:
"Ciência e Práticas artesanais no Mundo Atlântico: o regresso de Zilsel?"
23 November 2020

Conference

Espelhos de Mercúrio. A Represantação do Comércio nas Monarquias Ibéricas 1500-1800
Nuno Vila-Santa:
"O Itinerário de Linschoten: um retrato comercial holandês de um Estado da Índia declinante?"
7 November 2020

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
info

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
info

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
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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)
info

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)
info

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)
info

News

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