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Slide # Title: 227 227 227.A 227.1 The Countries of the Southwestern Sea Chinese Map Legend The Countries of the Southwestern Sea Southern Africa The General Map of China
Cartographer: Chu Ssu-Pen/Lo Hung-hsien Chu-Ssu-Pen and Lo Hung-hsien Chu Ssu-Pen/Lo Hung-hsien Chu-Ssu-Pen and Lo Hung-hsien Chu-Ssu-Pen and Lo Hung-hsien Chu Ssu-Pen
Hsi-Pei Pi Ti-Li T'u Hsi-Pei Pi Ti-Li T'u Vesconte world map Vesconte world map
Chu Ssu-Pen Chu Ssu-Pen Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Pietro Vesconte Nasir al-Tusi Opicinus de Canistris Opicinus de Canistris Opicinus de Canistris Opicinus de Canistris
1329 1329 1320 ca. 1320 1320 1320 1320 1320 1320 ca. 1321 1320 ca. 1321 ca. 1320 ca. 1320 (1331) ca. 12961300 ca. 1341 ca. 1341 ca. 1335 ca. 1335
228B Vesconte world map 228B1 Vesconte world map 228C Vesconte world map 228D 228E 228F Vesconte world map (re-oriented with North at the top) Vesconte world map World Map from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crucis
228F1 Vesconte world map, detail, Europe World Map from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum 228F2 fidelium crucis 228G Map of Palestine 228G1 Palestine, detail 229 world map 230 230A 230A 230B 230B1 230C 231 231A 232 232.A 232.1 world map world map world map world map Europa prima pars terra in forma virginis
world map (world map) (world map) world map world map Polychronicon
Opicinus de Canistris unknown unknown Ranulf Higden Ranulf Higden Ranulf Higden
ca. 1335
ca. 1350 ca. 1350 ca. 1342 ca. 1342 ca. 1342
232.1A Polychronicon, detail: eastern Mediterranean, Far East Ranulf Higden 232.1B Polychronicon Ranulf Higden
Ranulf Higden Ranulf Higden Ranulf Higden Ranulf Higden Ranulf Higden Ranulf Higden Ranulf Higden unknown unknown Jukai Jukai Jukai Jukai
ca. 1342 ca. 1350 ca. 1342 ca. 1350 ca. 1350 ca. 1350 ca. 1350 1351 (ca. 1370) 1364 1364 1364 1364 1364 (ca. 1370) (1375) (1375) (1375) (1375) (1375) (1375) (1375) (1375) (1375)
232.2A Polychronicon 232.3 Polychronicon Polychronicon, detail, 232.3A Garden of Eden 232.3B Polychronicon 232.4 Polychronicon 233 234 234.1 Laurentian Sea Atlas, Medicean Atlas Saint-Denis Chonicles
Go Tenjiku Zu [Map of the Five Regions of India] 234.1A Go Tenjiku Zu, Mt Meru 234.1B Go Tenjiku Zu 234.2 234.2A 234A 235 235A 235B 235C 235D 235E 235F 235G 235H Go Tenjiku Zu Schematic of Slide #234.1
Go Tenjiku Zu Jukai [Map of the Five Regions of India] Saint-Denis Chonicles unknown The Catalan Atlas, 14th century. (BNF, ESP 30) Abraham Cresques (?) Catalan Atlas, Europe & North Africa Catalan Atlas, detail, Europe/North Africa Catalan Atlas, detail, Europe Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Catalan Atlas, detail, Taprobane Catalan Atlas, Polo Caravan Catalan Atlas, Calendar Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?)
Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Catalan Atlas, detail, Near/Far East Kangnido link
Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?) Abraham Cresques (?)
Ch'an Chin and 1402 Li Hui Ch'an Chin and 1402 Li Hui modern modern modern
236.AA Kangnido Outline 236.AB Ch'onhado Outline 236.AC Kangnido-Ch'onhado Outline 236.B
Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Europe, Africa, Ch'an Chin and 1402 Southeast Asia Li Hui 1402 1402 1402 1402 1402 1402 1402 1568 copy 1568 copy 1568 copy unknown unknown unknown ca. 1430 ca. 1430 ca. 1430
Ch'an Chin and Li Hui Ch'an Chin and Li 236.C Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Europe and Africa Hui Ch'an Chin and Li 236.C1 Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Europe and Africa Hui Ch'an Chin and Li 236.D Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Asia Hui Ch'an Chin and Li 236.E Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Korea Hui Ch'an Chin and Li 236.F Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Japan Hui Ch'an Chin and Li 236.G Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Southeast Asia Hui 236.B1 Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Europe and Africa 236.1 Chugoku Zenzu [Complete Map of China]
236.1A Chugoku Zenzu [Complete Map of China] 236.1B Chugoku Zenzu, detail: Europe & Africa 237 237A 237B Borgia Map Borgia Map Borgia Map, detail, Russia/Asia
Borgia Map, detail, Northern Europe Borgia Map, detail, Asia Borgia Map, detail, Asia Imago Mundi Imago Mundi world map world map world map, detail: map world map
unknown unknown unknown Pierre d'Ailly Pierre d'Ailly Pirrus de Noha Albertin de Virga
ca. 1430 ca. 1430 ca. 1430 1410 1483 1414 (?)
ca, 141115 ca, 1411Albertin de Virga 15 Andrea Bianco Andrea Bianco Andrea Bianco Andrea Bianco unknown 1432 (1432) modern modern modern
241A world map 241B world map 241B1 world map Bianco world map 241C reoriented with North at the top
Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi Leardo world map Leardo world map world map world map world map world map
Giovanni Leardo 1442 Giovanni Leardo 1442 Giovanni Leardo Giovanni Leardo Giovanni Leardo Giovanni Leardo 1448 1488 1488 1488
Giovanni Leardo 1448 Giovanni Leardo 1452-3 Giovanni Leardo unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown Bjrno 1452-3 modern 1440 ? (1440 ?) (1440 ?) modern modern (12th-14th cen.)
242D1 world map Leardo world map 242E re-oriented with North at the top 243 The Vinland Map 243A 243B 243C 243D 244 The Vinland Map, detail: Europe/Africa The Vinland Map, Asia The Vinland Map (reverse outline) The Vinland Map, The Atlantic Perspective Norse World Map
Bjrno Andreas Walsperger Andreas Walsperger Andreas Walsperger unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown unknown
(12th-14th cen.) 1448 1448 1448 1450-60 1450-60 1450-60 1450-60 modern 1450-1460 1450-1460 modern modern
245A1 Walsperger world map, detail: China 246 246 246A 246B 246C 246D 246E 247 247 248 248A 248B 248C 249 249A 249B 249C 249D 249E 250 251 251A Catalan-Estense Map Catalan-Estense Map Catalan-Estense Map, detail: Europe and Africa Catalan-Estense Map, detail, Asia Catalan-Estense Map Catalan-Estense Map Catalan-Estense Map Comparison of Medieval Mappaemundi Comparison of Medieval Mappaemundi The Genoese World Map The Genoese Map, detail: Europe, N. Africa The Genoese Map, detail of Asia The Genoese Map Fra Mauro's World Map Fra Mauro's Map (re-oriented, North at the top) Fra Mauro's Map, detail: China Fra Mauro's Map Fra Mauro's Map (re-oriented, North at the top) Fra Mauro's Map (world map) The Zeitz Map (oriented with South at the top) The Zeitz Map, Europe
unknown unknown unknown unknown Fra Mauro/ Andrea Bianco unknown Fra Mauro/ Andrea Bianco Fra Mauro/Andrea Bianco Fra Mauro/Andrea Bianco Fra/Mauro/Andrea Bianco unknown unknown unknown
1457 1457 1457 modern 1459 modern 1459 modern modern modern ca. 1460 1470 1470
Toscanelli's Chart (reconstruction) Toscanelli's Chart (reconstruction) Toscanelli's Chart (reconstruction) Rudimentum Novitiorum, world map Rudimentum Novitiorum, detail, Asia
253.A1 Rudimentum Novitiorum, detail, Asia 253.A2 Rudimentum Novitiorum, detail, Asia 253.B 253.C Rudimentum Novitiorum, world map, detail, Europe Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine
253.C1 Rudimentum Novitiorum, world map, detail, Europe 253.1 Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine
253.1A Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine 253.1B Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine 253.1C Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine 253.1D Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine 253.2 254 255 256 256A 256B 256C Buondelmonde world map Anonymous world map world map Martellus, detail: Africa Martellus, outline Martellus 1489 world map
(1474) modern (1474) (Paolo Toscanelli) modern (1474) (Paolo Toscanelli) modern Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Lucas Brandis de 1475 Schass Rust Christoforo (1481) Buondelmonde (Paolo Toscanelli) unknown Henricus Martellus Henricus Martellus Henricus Martellus Henricus Martellus ca. 1485 1489 1489 modern (1489)
world map Martellus 1490 world map Martellus/Rosselli 1490 world map The Christopher Columbus Chart The Christopher Columbus Chart", detail world map The Christopher Columbus Chart, detail: Africa The Christopher Columbus Chart, outline Behaim's Globe
Henricus Martellus Henricus Martellus Francesco Rosselli Christopher Columbus ? Christopher Columbus ? Christopher Columbus ? Christopher Columbus ? Martin Behaim Martin Behaim Martin Behaim Martin Behaim Martin Behaim Martin Behaim Martin Behaim Martin Behaim Martin Behaim Martin Behaim unknown unknown unknown
1490 (1490) (1490) 1490 1490 1490 modern 1492 1492 1492 1492 1492 1492 (1492) (1492) (1492) (1492) modern modern modern
258A Behaim's Globe, detail: Mediterranean 258A1 Behaim's Globe, detail: Indian Ocean Behaim's Globe, detail: Cipango [Japan], 258A2 Atlantic Ocean Behaim's Globe, detail: Cipango [Japan], 258A3 Atlantic Ocean 258A4 Behaim's Globe, detail: Europe, Africa 258A5 Behaim's Globe gores: Atlantic Ocean 258B Behaim's Globe, gores, Africa 258C Behaim's Globe, gores, North Pole 258D Behaim's Globe, gores 258E Behaim's Globe, overlaid on modern world
258E1 Behaim's Globe, overlaid on modern world 258F 258G 258H 258I 258J 258K 259 259A 260 Behaim's Globe, overlaid on modern world Behaim's Globe, sources Behaim's Globe, sources Behaim's Globe Behaim's Globe The World as known to Christian Europe in 1492 The Laon Globe The Laon Globe Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle)
unknown modern unknown modern Martin (1492) Behaim/Dopplmyer Martin Behaim (1492) modern unknown unknown Hartmann Schedel (1493) (1493) 1493
Liber chronicarum characters Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle)
Hartmann Schedel
1493
Hartmann Schedel 1493 Hartmann Schedel 1493 Hartmann Schedel 1493 Hartmann Schedel 1493 Hartmann Schedel Hartmann Schedel Hartmann Schedel Hartmann Schedel 1493 1493 1493 1493
260B1 Liber chronicarum characters 260C 260C1 260C2 260C3 260C4 260D 261 261A Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) Liber chronicarum characters Liber chronicarum characters Liber chronicarum characters Liber chronicarum characters Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi (Nuremberg Chronicle) Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi Tang yixing shan he liangjie t'u [Map of the two boundaries formed by mountains and reviers according to Yixing of the Tang] Guijin hua yi quyu zongyao t'u [General Map of the ancient and present territories of China and foreign countries] Hindu/Buddist World Hindu/Buddist World Marathi World Map Marathi World Map, detail Marathi World Map
262
modern modern
227A. The Countries in the Southwestern Sea, from the Kuang Y T'u [Enlarges Terrestrial Atlas - or Mongolian Atlas], 1320
Slide #227A
228A Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis
Slide #228A
Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis (oriented with East at the top)
Outline drawing of Vesconte's world map (re-oriented with North at the top) Slide #228 Monograph 228F Pietro Vesconte's World Map, ca. 1320
228A Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis
228D Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis
249.1 Comparison of medieval mappamundi (Vesconte, Bianco, Leardo, CatalanEstense and Fra Mauro)
228C Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis
Slide #228C
Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis (oriented with East at the top)
228C Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis
Outline drawing of Vesconte's world map (re-oriented with North at the top) Slide #228 Monograph 228F Pietro Vesconte's World Map, ca. 1320 228D Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis
249.1 Comparison of medieval mappamundi (Vesconte, Bianco, Leardo, Catalan-Estense and Fra Mauro)
228D Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis
Slide #228D
Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis (oriented with East at the top)
228D Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis
Outline drawing of Vesconte's world map (re-oriented with North at the top) Slide #228 Monograph 228F Pietro Vesconte's World Map, ca. 1320 228C Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis 249.1 Comparison of medieval mappamundi (Vesconte, Bianco, Leardo, Catalan-Estense and Fra Mauro)
Slide #228F
Pietro Vesconte mappamundi, ca. 1320 (oriented with East at the top) 35 cm diameter
Slide #230
Slide 230A
Slide 230A
Opicinus de Canistris world map, detail, left-hand side, 14th century Slide #230 Monograph 230 Opicinus de Canistris world map, 1296 - 1300 230A Opicinus de Canistris world map, 1341
Slide #230B3
230C
Slide #230C
232. Ranulf Higden's world map, from the Polychronicon (oval), 1350*
Slide #232
232. Ranulf Higden's world map, from the Polychronicon (oval), 1350*
World Map by Ranulf Higden, from the Polychronicon, 1350 (oriented with East at the top)
Slide #232 Monograph 232A Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon detail: Europe/North Africa
Slide #232A
Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon (oval),1350 detail: Europe and North Africa (oriented with East at the top)
232. Ranulf Higden's world map, from the Polychronicon (oval), 1350
Slide #232B
Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon (oval),1350, detail:eastern Mediterranean and Far East (oriented with East at the top)
Slide #232 Monograph 232. Ranulf Higden's world map, from the Polychronicon (oval), 1350 232A Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon detail: Europe/North Africa 232D Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon (oval),1350
Slide #232C
Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon (oval),1350* (oriented with East at the top)
232. Ranulf Higden's world map, from the Polychronicon (oval), 1350*
233
234 World Map from the Chronicles of St. Denis , 1364-1372 (Santarem )
Slide #234
World Map from the Chronicles of St. Denis , 1364-1372 (Santarem facsimile) (oriented with East at the top)
234 World Map from the Chronicles of St. Denis , 1364-1372 (Santarem )
Slide #235B
Slide #235 Monograph 235D Catalan Atlas , detail, caravan of Polo brothers* 235E Catalan Atlas , detail, Asia 235F Catalan Atlas , detail, Asia 235G Catalan Atlas , detail: Tabrobana
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/235D.html
Slide #235D
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/235D.html
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/235E.html
Slide #235E
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/235G.html
Slide #235J
Slide #235 Monograph 235E Catalan Atlas , detail, Asia 235F Catalan Atlas , detail, Asia 235G Catalan Atlas , detail: Tabrobana
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/236.html
Slide #236
Yoktae chewang honil kangnido by Ch'an Chin and Li Hui, 1402 [Map of Historical Emperors and Kings and of Integrated Borders and Terrain] 171 x 164 cm
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/236.html
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/236.html
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/236A.html
Slide #236A
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/236A.html
[Map of Historical Emperors and Kings and of Integrated Borders and Terrain], detail: Europe and Africa
Slide #237
The Borgia world map, early 15th century (1410-1458) (oriented with South at the top; engraved on an iron plate)
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/237A.html
Slide #237B
The Borgia Map, detail: Asia, Russia, Scandinavia (oriented with South at the top)
Slide #238
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/238B.html
Slide #238B
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/238B.html
Slide #239
Slide #240
Albertinus de Virga 's world map and calendar, ca. 1411-15 69.6 x 44 cm
Slide #240A
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/241.html
Slide #241
Andrea Bianco's World Map, 1432 (oriented with East at the top)
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/241.html
Outline redrawing of the Bianco world map (re-oriented with North at the top)
Slide #241 Monograph 249.1 Comparison of medieval mappamundi (Vesconte, Bianco, Leardo, Catalan-Estense and Fra Mauro)
Slide #242
Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi, 1442 world map by GiovanniLeardo (oriented with East at the top)
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/242.html (1 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.37.58]
Outline redrawing of the Leardo world map (re-oriented with North at the top)
249.1 Comparison of medieval mappamundi (Vesconte, Bianco, Leardo, Catalan-Estense and Fra Mauro)
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/242C.html
Slide #242A
Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi by Giovanni Leardo, 1442 (oriented with East at the top)
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/242C.html
Slide #242C
outline drawing, reoriented with North at the top Slide #242 Monograph
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/242D.html
Slide #242D
world map by Giovanni Leardo, 1452-53 (oriented with East at the top)
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/242D.html
Slide #243
243A The Vinland Map, detail: Vinland 243C The Vinland Map, redrawing reverse outline
Slide #243A
243 The Vinland Map 243C The Vinland Map, redrawing reverse outline
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/243C.html
Slide #243C
243 The Vinland Map 243A The Vinland Map, detail: Vinland
Slide #245
Andreas Walsperger's world map, 1448 (oriented with South at the top) 42.5 cm diameter
Slide #246
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/246B.html
Slide #246A
249.1 Comparison of medieval mappamundi (Vesconte, Bianco, Leardo, Catalan-Estense and Fra Mauro)
Slide #249.1
Comparison of Medieval Mappamundi: Vesconte, Bianco, Leardo, Catalan-Estense and Fra Mauro
228C Pietro Vesconte's World Maps, 1321, from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crusis
249.1 Comparison of medieval mappamundi (Vesconte, Bianco, Leardo, Catalan-Estense and Fra Mauro)
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/248.html
Slide #248
Slide #249
Fra Mauro's Mappamundi, 1459 (oriented with South at the top) 190.5 cm diameter
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/249B.html
Slide #249B
Fra Mauro's Mappamundi, detail: Asia (China) (oriented with South at the top)
Slide #252
Slide #255
Slide #256
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/256B.html
Slide #256B
Henricus Martellus' World Map, 1490 Slide #256 Monograph 256 Henricus Martellus' World Map, 1489*
Slide #257
Anonymous Genoese chart of Europe and North Africa (C. Columbus ?), ca. 1490 circular world map is shown on left Slide #257 Monograph Detailed view of the world map shown on the left Outine drawing of world map
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/257A.html
Slide #257A
Anonymous Genoese chart (C. Columbus ?), ca. 1490 detail of circular world map (oriented with East at the top) color has been removed to facilitate downloading Slide #257 Monograph
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/257A.html (1 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.41.47]
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/257A.html
Anonymous Genoese chart (C. Columbus ?), ca. 1490* Detailed view of North Africa
Slide #257B
Anonymous Genoese chart of Europe and North Africa (C. Columbus ?), ca. 1490 detail of North Africa Slide #257 Monograph Detailed view of the world map Anonymous Genoese chart (C. Columbus ?), ca. 1490*
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/257D.html
Slide #257C
Anonymous Genoese chart (C. Columbus ?), ca. 1490 detail: outline drawing of circular world map (oriented with North at the top) Monograph Anonymous Genoese chart (C. Columbus ?), ca. 1490* Detailed view of North Africa
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/257D.html (1 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.42.01]
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/257D.html
Slide #258
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/258E.html
Slide #258E
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/258E.html
Slide #259
Slide #260
260A Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum, close-up view of fabulous charaters on the left
Slide #260A
Slide #261
Two examples of the Sacrobosco's Opusculum, Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi, 1300-1500 oriented with South at the top
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/LM1.html
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/LM1.html
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