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Additional resources

Additional resources section provides access to some of the presentations of the GSR project given at various conferences and seminars. A list of scientific works related to the project, authored by team members or external scholars, is also available.
This page also contains a series of graphs obtained by extrapolating data collected at various stages of the research. These graphs answer specific questions by exposing in visual form the outcome of processing the information collected in the geodatabase.
Lastly, the section presents different kinds of specially produced audiovisual materials.

Presentations

Guido Abbattista
Lunch Seminar
Global navigation in the modern era: sources, objectives and status of the GSR project
Department of Humanities, 
University of Trieste, 
December, 2022
Guido Abbattista
Doctorate in History
"Global sea routes. La navigazione europea commerciale transoceanica tra XVI e XX secolo"
University of Padua and Venice, Methodological Seminar on 'Issues of Scale
December, 2022
Erica Grossi - Filippo Chiocchetti
 
"Global sea routes. La navigazione europea commerciale transoceanica tra XVI e XX secolo" (doi: 10.1408/106206), in Quaderni storici, 169 / a. LVII, n. 1, aprile 2022, pp. 273-286
 
April, 2022
Guido Abbattista
Storie connesse. Orientamenti di storia globale dell'età moderna
"Global Sea Routes: quadro storiografico, problemi aperti, obiettivi"
University of Florence, SAGAS Department, GLOBHIS
ISEM – CNR
KNIR
(Webinar GMeet)
March 16, 2022
Giulia Iannuzzi
Storie connesse. Orientamenti di storia globale dell'età moderna
"Storia globale, storia digitale e storia visuale: applicazioni informatiche e telematiche per una nuova rappresentazione della
navigazione globale di epoca moderna"
University of Florence, SAGAS Department, GLOBHIS
ISEM – CNR
KNIR
(Webinar GMeet)
March 16, 2022
Erica Grossi
Storie connesse. Orientamenti di storia globale dell'età moderna
"Fonti che parlano: dai giornali di bordo alla storia culturale del quotidiano"
University of Florence, SAGAS Department,
GLOBHIS
ISEM – CNR
KNIR
(Webinar GMeet)
March 16, 2022
Filippo Chiocchetti
Storie connesse. Orientamenti di storia globale dell'età moderna
"Fonti che parlano: temi di storia globale nei giornali di bordo"
University of Florence, SAGAS Department,
GLOBHIS
ISEM – CNR
KNIR
(Webinar GMeet)
March 16, 2022
Guido Abbattista
FEEGI – Forum of Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions Fourteenth Biennial Meeting
"GSR-Global Sea Routes, A Historical Geodatabase of European Global Navigation, 1450-1900: Opportunities and Challenges"
University of California at Los Angeles, Department of History,
(Zoom meeting)
February 24-26, 2022
Erica Grossi
FEEGI – Forum of Early-Modern Empires and Global Interactions Fourteenth Biennial Meeting
"Having lost their Passage round the Cape': On the Wake of the EIC Ship Bedford (1731-1735): Tracing Maritime Routes in GSR, Relational Geospatial Database"
University of California at Los Angeles, Department of History,
(Zoom meeting)
February 24-26, 2022
Guido Abbattista
Lectures
GSR-Global Sea Routes. A Historical Geodatabase of European Global Navigation (1500-1600).
"Lecture One: European Early-modern Global Navigation, 1500-1850. "
"Lecture Two: A Digital Historical Representation of European Early-modern Global Commercial Navigation, 1500-1850
University of Nanjing, School of History
(Webinar)
December 16/23, 2021
Link
Guido Abbattista
Seminario interdisciplinare
"Rotte globali: una proposta progettuale di storia globale della navigazione"
Università della Calabria, Dipartimento di Studi Umanistici
(Webinar Teams)
December 14, 2021
Giulia Iannuzzi
NOVA-FCSH, Spatial Humanities 2021
"GlobalSeaRoutes (GSR): An Historical Geodatabase of Global Maritime Connections in the Early Modern Age (XVI-XIX Centuries)"
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
(Lisbon, Portugal)
September 16, 2021
Giulia Iannuzzi
Nodegoat Day
"Plotting European Sea Routes in the Modern Age (1500-1900): Modelling, Visualising, and Linking Data in Nodegoat"

University of Bern (Zoom)
June 4, 2021
Link
Guido Abbattista
Iniciativa de Estudios Globales
"Global Sea Routes. A Historical Geodatabase of European Global Navigation (1500-1900): Basic Priciples and Ongoing Developments"

Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos
(Online)
June 1, 2021
Guido Abbattista
"Analysis and Representaton of Global Commercial Navigation: Global Sea Routes"

University of Florence , SAGAS Department
April, 2021
Giulia Iannuzzi
NOVA-FCSH, Spatial Humanities
"Spatialising Time: GlobalSeaRoutes and the temporal dimension of global navigations, XVI-XIX centuries"
Universidade Nova de Lisboa
Lancaster University Digital Humanities Hub, Digital Humanities hangouts
December 10, 2020
Giulia Iannuzzi,
Guido Abbattista
"Global Sea Routes: A Historical Geodatabase and the Temporal Dimension of European Global Navigations in the Modern Age (XVI-XIX Centuries)"
Centre Norbert Elias
EHESS
University La Sapienza of Rome
(Marseille, France)
November 5-6, 2020
Link
Guido Abbattista, Andrea Favretto
Innovations in the Social Sciences and Humanities
"Global Sea Routes: A Historical Geodatabase of Global Navigations in the Modern Age (16th-19th Centuries)"
Ton Duc Thang University
(Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam)
October 4-5, 2019
Link
Guido Abbattista, Andrea Favretto, Marco Pierozzi
Time in Space: Geohistorical Applications, Methods and Theories in GISScience
"GlobalSeaRoutes, A Historical Geodatabase"
University of Pisa
(Pisa, Italy)
June 26-28, 2019
Link

Graphs

Comparative annual evolution of English EIC and Dutch VOC voyages towards the East Indies, 1595-1832
Average comparative annual evolution of the VOC and the English EIC voyages towards the East Indies and China on a 50-year basis
VOC outbound voyages to Asia per departure place, 1595-1795
VOC inbound voyages from Asia per departure place, 1595-1795

Audiovisuals

In this section, audiovisual materials distributed in other sections of the website, or produced specifically for particular occasions, are made directly accessible. They are meant to illustrate the content, objectives and operation examples of the Global Sea Routes project as well as aspects of the history, structure, and technical equipment of the Austrian frigate Novara. In particular, some of them are intended to explain the building process of the 3D interactive model, with a tutorial for its use and a tour of the VR visit of the sailing ship.
Visitors are invited to subscribe to GSR's Youtube channel, where the videos are collected in playlists, updates are posted and interaction is possible with the GSR team.

A video recording of the contents of the Landing Page accessible via the QR code in the book
Video-recording of the content of the Landing page
Watch how the Novara route's geodatabase works, including its stops, encounters and collection of natural and documentary materials.
GeoChronicles overview
Model of the 'Novara' by Claudio Cernive (Trieste), 1999-2000, formerly part of the Gallerion collection and now in the Pula Aquarium / Modello della "Novara", opera di Claudio Cernive (Trieste), 1999-2000, già parte della collezione Gallerion e ora presso l'Acquario di Pola
Model of the 'Novara' / Modello della "Novara"
The model shows the state of the frigate before the refurbishment made in 1857 at the Pula arsenal before the departure for the circumnavigation.
The "Novara" model by Claudio Cernive, Trieste 1999-2000
On Tuesday, 21 January 2026, members of the GSR team captured photographs of the natural history specimens from the Novara expedition, housed at the Civic Museum of Natural Sciences in Trieste. These photographs, which complement an earlier set of images taken of other specimens, were created using a specialized technique known as "Gaussian splatting" to produce three-dimensional images. The process was highly delicate and required eight hours to photograph 48 specimens. The photographs are destined to enrich the geodatabase of the "Novara" circumnavigation currently under production.
Taking 3D-photographs at the Civico Museo di Scienze Naturali di Trieste
"Una colonna sonora per il viaggio della Novara intorno al mondo" è il titolo della conferenza tenuta dal Prof. Guido Abbattista (GSR – Università degli Studi di Trieste) presso il Civico Museo del Mare di Trieste, il 15 maggio 2024 in occasione della manifestazione MareINfvg. “Una colonna sonora per il viaggio della Novara intorno al mondo” esamina il ruolo cruciale della musica durante la spedizione della fregata austriaca Novara negli anni 1857-1859. la ricerca evidenzia come la musica abbia contribuito a vari aspetti della vita di bordo e delle interazioni culturali durante il viaggio. Dalla riduzione della fatica del lavoro all’intrattenimento dell’equipaggio, la musica ha avuto funzioni molteplici, inclusi il supporto alle cerimonie religiose e la facilitazione delle relazioni internazionali e interculturali. La banda di bordo ha eseguito un repertorio diversificato, comprendente brani europei popolari dell’epoca e musiche locali delle terre visitate, sottolineando il ruolo della musica come mediatore culturale. L’analisi del repertorio musicale e delle esibizioni durante le soste nei porti, in particolare a Sidney e Valparaiso, rivela l’importanza della musica nel consolidare l’identità nazionale austriaca e nel favorire l’incontro con altre culture. La documentazione iconografica e le testimonianze dell’epoca illustrano come la musica abbia rappresentato un elemento costante e significativo nel corso dell’intera spedizione, offrendo una finestra sullo spirito del tempo e sulle dinamiche culturali dell’epoca. “A soundtrack for the Novara's voyage around the world” is the title of the lecture given by Prof. Guido Abbattista (GSR – University of Trieste) at the Civic Maritime Museum of Trieste, May 15, 2024 on the occasion of the MareINfvg Festival. “A soundtrack for the Novara’s voyage around the world” examines the crucial role of music during the expedition of the Austrian frigate Novara in the years 1857-1859. The research highlights how music contributed to various aspects of life on board and cultural interactions during the voyage. from reducing the fatigue of work to entertaining the crew, music had multiple functions, including supporting religious ceremonies and facilitating international and intercultural relations. The ship’s band performed a diverse repertoire, including popular European songs of the time and local music from the lands visited, underlining the role of music as a cultural mediator. Analysis of the musical repertoire and performances during port stops, particularly in Sydney and Valparaiso, reveals the importance of music in consolidating Austrian national identity and fostering encounters with other cultures. The iconographic documentation and testimonies of the time illustrate how music was a constant and significant element throughout the expedition, offering a window into the spirit of the time and the cultural dynamics of the era. #maritimehistory #musichistory #maritimeexploration #mareINfvg #trieste
"A soundtrack for the Novara's voyage around the world" – a lecture by Prof. G. Abbattista (Italian)
This video tutorial offers simple tips for the best use of the 3D model of the Austrian frigate Novara, available online at the GSR project website.
Video tutorial of the frigate Novara 3D interactive
This video reconstructs the history of the Austrian frigate Novara (1843-1899), protagonist of a circumnavigation of the globe between 1857 and 1859 ordered by Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian for scientific and diplomatic-commercial purposes. In 1862 the ship was converted into a mixed sail-steam propulsion pyrofrigate and employed by the Habsburg Navy on other voyages and maritime duties as well as a school ship. She was finally dismantled in 1899. #maritimehistory #historyofscience #digitalhistory #modernhistory #economichistory #navalhistory
A short video history of the Austrian frigate Novara (English Version)
This video briefly describes the history and use aboard the Novara of the binnacle compasses, introduced in the first half of the 17th century, to keep the compass level, despite the ship's rolling.
Binnacles (featuring Jackie)
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