Descubriendo el velo. El recuerdo medieval de Las Afortunadas en los portulanos mediterráneos del XIV
ISSN: 0213-9472
Year of publication: 2015
Issue: 197
Pages: 237-261
Type: Article
More publications in: Revista de Historia Canaria
Abstract
Among all the imaginary insular contexts that shape Medieval geographical conception, the Fortunate Islands are one of the closest to the realm of myth and legend, as a result of a long journey that begins in Classical tradition. In this paper, we will analyze the persistence of this tradition in the representation of the Fortunate Islands in portolan charts from the Mediterranean 14th century context; we will try to verify how the new knowledge trend that emerges in Europe coexists with the influence of Antique and Medieval tradition concerning the representation of Western limits of the world generally, and the allusion to that archipelago in particular.