Great Books on the History of Portuguese Cartography

• Joaquim Ferreira do Amaral Pedro Reinel Me Fez
• Tesouros da Cartographia Portuguesa
• Visões Gerais da Cartografia Portuguesa A long list of books & articles

Great Books in the History of Portuguese Navigation

• Eric Axelson From Congo to Cape
• Luis de Albuquerque Curso da Historia da Nautica
• Pedro Nunes Obras Completas After correcting Copernicus' mistakes in trigonometry, Nunes declared that the work was more about philosophy than science.

Other Readings on the History of Navigation and Cartography

• David Woodward's Long Cartography List
• History of Navigation A very long List of Books but a great guide
• Great Introduction to the History of Boatbuilding

Where to Find Other Books

A good source for Portuguese books in multi-lingual editions

• Biblioteca Nacional (Portugal's National Library's bookstore)
• Amazon.Com Everyone's favorite
• Bluewater Books .
• Armchair Sailor Anoth er good source for books on sailing, well supplied with textbooks. But the catalogs aren't on line.
• Nautical publishers (list)
• Nautical Mind--Toronto based store with detailed Canadian maps for sale plus an on-line databas