Historia da cartografía náutica de Galicia

Abstract

Nautical cartography is one of the best sets of documents to assess the development of science and technology. The one referred to a country’s coast allows to assess the progress of the knowledge of that territory, showing how was it seen by themselves and others, which were the dominant interests, and which were the projects. The history of nautical cartography of Galicia meets those expectations and helps to understand the evolution of the cartography of the whole country. This paper presents an overview of that evolution based on cartographic key documents from the 16th to the 19th century, giving clear proof of the dominance of nautical cartography over territorial.