- Angelino Dulcert
Angelino Dulcert (fl. 1339), probably also the same person known as Angelino Dalorto, [ cite journal|title=The Portolan Maps of the Rhône Delta: A Contribution to the History of the Sea Charts of|journal=The Geographical Journal,|date=May 1925|first=R.D.|last=Oldham|coauthors=|volume=65|issue=5|pages=403–424|id= |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1782548|format=|accessdate=2008-05-15|doi=10.2307/1782548 ] was a
Majorca n mapmaker whoseportolan is the first known to have been produced inPalma , in1339 .The portolan's keys and legends are written in
Latin , and it contains features not usually found on Genoese or Venetian portolans. [ cite journal|title=The Portolan Maps of the Rhône Delta: A Contribution to the History of the Sea Charts of|journal=The Geographical Journal,|date=May 1925|first=R.D.|last=Oldham|coauthors=|volume=65|issue=5|pages=403–424|id= |url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1782548|format=|accessdate=2008-05-15|doi=10.2307/1782548 ] It also gives the first recorded name of the island ofLanzarote , one of theCanary Islands , as "Insula de Lanzarotus Marocelus", a reference to the Genoese navigatorLancelotto Malocello .Notes
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