Padrón Real

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Padrón Real was the official, constantly updated master map of the Spanish Empire’s overseas territories used for navigation and imperial administration during the Age of Discovery.

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Padrón Real canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cartographic document
master nautical chart
official map
accessPolicy restricted to licensed pilots
restricted to royal officials
appliesToJurisdiction Americas
Atlantic Ocean
Indian Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Spanish overseas territories
cartographicStyle portolan chart tradition
confidentialityStatus state secret
country Spanish Empire
dataSource astronomical observations
cosmographers’ measurements
explorers’ logs
portolan charts
reports from pilots
hasPart coastlines
compass roses
islands
latitudinal information
place names
political boundaries
ports
rhumb lines
sea routes
isBasisFor derivative navigation charts
pilots’ rutters
shipboard copies
language Spanish
locationCreated Seville
maintainedBy Casa de Contratación
medium manuscript on paper
manuscript on parchment
purpose centralize geographic information
standardize imperial cartography
support colonial governance
support military planning
support trade regulation
temporalCoverage Age of Exploration
surface form: Age of Discovery
updateFrequency constantly updated
usedFor imperial administration
maritime control
navigation
overseas exploration
route planning
territorial claims
updating geographic knowledge

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Casa de Contratación produced Padrón Real