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- Scope Note
- Use for projectionless plane sea charts having equidistant latitudinal markings but no longitudinal markings, featuring the outlines of coasts, and indicating wind directions by rhumb lines, which intersect at wind roses.
- Used For
- Compass maps
- Used For
- Portolanos
- Used For
- Portolans
- Used For
- Portulan charts
- Broader Term
- Maps
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