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Figure 17.
Long shore current directions induced by Bura and Sirocco winds on F map coastline profile
(Cremonini and Samonati 2009; Cremonini 2010, Fig. 1).
6. Conclusion
In the study, careful recovery and analysis of some data concealed in three sixteenth century
maps were done, and various technical signs preserved in them were identified and
discussed. All these details show interesting information concerning the original survey
performed to generate the maps, and help to comprehend the differences in the represented
coastal areas among the analysed coeval maps. Notwithstanding the analysis cannot
comprehensively explain all questions concerning the eroded coastal areas, due to the fact
that existing landmarks cannot be found in disappeared areas, an attempt to explain the
difference in the morphology of the coast was made. On the base of the recognition of a
gross deformation in one map, a good example of a possible alleged author's intervention
was given, attempting to restore the original appearance of the possible former map
configuration. Finally, a comparison of the new product with present cartography and other
coeval maps, via modern georeferencing methods, was able to support the hypothesis.
