The use of nuclear analytical techniques has experienced an extraordinary growth in recent decades in the field of cultural heritage. Nowadays, their use in the study of objects of interest in heritage has become essential. An important effort has been made since the 90s by the archaeometry research group of the Centro Nacional de Aceleradores,...
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February 22, 2021 (v1)PublicationUploaded on: March 1, 2023
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May 19, 2023 (v1)Publication
Not many manuscript maps have been the object of material analysis so far. A portolan chart, signed and dated by Juan Vespucci in 1520, was studied in this research, conserved at the Archivo General de Indias in Seville (Spain). It is made on parchment and depicts the coasts and islands of Europe and Africa. It is the oldest portolan chart made...
Uploaded on: May 20, 2023