Preliminary
note
This page provides information
about the International Reunions for the History of
Nautical Science. The first reunion was held in Coimbra,
Portugal, in 1968; according to a group of Portuguese
scholars deeply involved in the technical subjects of the
navigations in Early Modern History (Armando Cortesão, Luís
de Albuquerque and Avelino Teixeira da Mota), those matters
where almost ignored in the reunions of the Commission
International d'Histoire Maritime, successfully promoted by
Michel Mollat du Jordin since the early 50's.
Since the beginning, Nautical Science, History of Nautical
Cartography and Shipbuilding where the core subjects in
these Reunions.
We have
now 12 volumes of Proceedings, with more than 5000 pages,
and this page presents a general overview of this
materials. From now on we also intend it to be the
immediate source of information for future Reunions and
other subjects connected with the Committe activities.