Resumo (PT):
A Aula de Náutica do Porto foi criada por alvará régio de 30 de Julho de 1762. Esta Aula tinha como objetivo preparar marinheiros para as fragatas e os navios comerciais. A Junta Administrativa da Companhia Geral de Agricultura das Vinhas do Alto Douro era responsável pela funcionamento da Aula e pela cobrança dos impostos que a sustentavam.
Pilotos formados na Aula Náutica integraram as tripulações dos navios mercantes que saíam do Porto e rumavam ao Brasil e ao Mar Báltico, tendo estimulado a partir de 1787 o estabelecimento de relações de amizade e de comércio entre Portugal e a Rússia. Era nesta altura lente de Náutica José Monteiro Salazar, que além de piloto foi autor de cartas náuticas.
Nesta exposição são exibidos documentos ligados às atividades da Aula, vários instrumentos náuticos, dois globos de grande valor e raridade, e um valioso conjunto de cartas náuticas dos séculos XVII e XVIII.
Abstract (EN):
A Nautical Class was created in Porto through royal charter, in the 30th of July of 1762, with the purpose of preparing navigation officers to steer war frigates and merchant ships. The Board of Directors of the General Company of Agriculture of the Upper Douro’s Vineyards was responsible for the maintenance of the Nautical Class and for charging the supporting taxes.
Pilots coming out of the Nautical Class were part of the crews of the merchant ships that headed towards Brazil or the Baltic Sea. The commercial activity of the latter has enhanced the establishment, in 1787, of a treaty of friendship and commerce between Portugal and Russia. José Monteiro Salazar was, at the time, lecturer of the Nautical Class, also a pilot and a cartographer.
Documents related to the Nautical Class are put on display in this exhibition, as well as several nautical instruments, two valuable and unique globes, and a collection of nautical charts first edited in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Language:
Portuguese
Type (Professor's evaluation):
Scientific
Contact:
Marisa Monteiro
No. of pages:
134
ISBN:
978-989-98116-0-7
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