Rutter (nautical)
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rutter-nautical-288-16705937
title:
Rutter (nautical)
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A rutter is a mariner's handbook of written sailing directions. Before the advent of nautical charts, rutters were the primary store of geographic information for maritime navigation. It was known as a periplus in classical antiquity and a portolano to medieval Italian sailors in the Mediterranean Sea. Portuguese navigators of the 16th century called it a roteiro, the French a routier, from which the English word "rutter" is derived. In Dutch, it was called a leeskarte, in German a Seebuch, and
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Mariner's handbook of written sailing directions
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2024-04-26T17:51:41Z
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