THE DANUBE MOUTHS IN MEDIEVAL PORTOLANS
THE DANUBE MOUTHS IN MEDIEVAL PORTOLANS

Summary/Abstract: As one can see, reflection of the Danube region on the ancient maps has not been studied well enough and remains matter of debate. Nonetheless, meticulous comparison of different types of the medieval maps yields rather promising, in our opinion, results. One of the most interesting topics of medieval cartography is portolans. Portolans are compass maps where coastlines were plotted along constant compass bearings. They had appeared approximately in the middle of XIII century and were the first maps with a rather correct representation of the sea coast line, if compared to peripli or existing geographical maps.

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