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Index of Late Medieval Maps

Index of Cartographic Images


Illustrating Maps of the
Late Medieval Period
1300 - 1500 A.D.

Time Chart of Medieval Cartography

Slide # Title:
227

The Countries of the Southwestern Sea

227

Chinese Map Legend

227.A

The Countries of the Southwestern Sea


Southern Africa

227.1

The General Map of China

227.1A The General Map of China


227.2

Hsi-Pei Pi Ti-Li T'u

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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

Date:
1320/1555
1320/1555
1320-1555
1320/1555
1320/1555
1329

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227.3
227.3A
228
228A

Hsi-Pei Pi Ti-Li T'u


Hsi-Pei Pi Ti-Li T'u
Vesconte world map

Chu Ssu-Pen
Chu Ssu-Pen
Pietro Vesconte

1329
1329
1320

Vesconte world map

Pietro Vesconte

ca. 1320

Pietro Vesconte
Pietro Vesconte

1320
1320

Pietro Vesconte

1320

228B Vesconte world map


228B1 Vesconte world map
228C Vesconte world map
228D

Vesconte world map


(re-oriented with North at the top)

Pietro Vesconte

1320

228E

Vesconte world map

Pietro Vesconte

1320

228F

World Map from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum


fidelium crucis

Pietro Vesconte

ca. 1321

Pietro Vesconte

1320

Pietro Vesconte

ca. 1321

Pietro Vesconte
Pietro Vesconte
Nasir al-Tusi
Opicinus de
Canistris
Opicinus de
Canistris
Opicinus de
Canistris
Opicinus de
Canistris

ca. 1320
ca. 1320
(1331)
ca. 12961300

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

world map

230A

world map

230A

world map

230B

world map

230B1

Europa prima pars terra in forma virginis

ca. 1341
ca. 1341
ca. 1335
ca. 1335

230C

world map

231
231A
232

(world map)
(world map)

Opicinus de
Canistris
unknown
unknown

world map

Ranulf Higden

ca. 1350

232.A

world map

Ranulf Higden

ca. 1350

232.1

Polychronicon

Ranulf Higden

ca. 1342

ca. 1335

232.1A Polychronicon, detail: eastern Mediterranean, Far East Ranulf Higden

ca. 1342

232.1B Polychronicon

ca. 1342

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232.1C Polychronicon, detail: Britain, Spain, France, N. Africa

Ranulf Higden

ca. 1342

232.2

Ranulf Higden

ca. 1350

232.2A Polychronicon
232.3 Polychronicon
Polychronicon, detail,
232.3A
Garden of Eden
232.3B Polychronicon
232.4 Polychronicon

Ranulf Higden
Ranulf Higden

ca. 1342
ca. 1350

Ranulf Higden

ca. 1350

Ranulf Higden
Ranulf Higden

ca. 1350
ca. 1350

233

Laurentian Sea Atlas, Medicean Atlas

unknown

1351

234

Saint-Denis Chonicles

unknown

(ca. 1370)

Jukai

1364

Jukai
Jukai

1364
1364

Jukai

1364

Polychronicon

Go Tenjiku Zu
[Map of the Five Regions of India]
234.1A Go Tenjiku Zu, Mt Meru
234.1B Go Tenjiku Zu
234.1

234.2
234.2A
234A
235
235A
235B

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

235C

Catalan Atlas, detail, Europe

235D

Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia

235E

Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia

235F

Catalan Atlas, detail, Taprobane

235G

Catalan Atlas, Polo Caravan

235H

Catalan Atlas, Calendar

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Abraham Cresques
(?)
Abraham
Cresques (?)
Abraham Cresques
(?)
Abraham
Cresques (?)
Abraham Cresques
(?)
Abraham Cresques
(?)
Abraham Cresques
(?)
Abraham Cresques
(?)

1364
(ca. 1370)
(1375)
(1375)
(1375)
(1375)
(1375)
(1375)
(1375)
(1375)
(1375)

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235I

Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia

235J

Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia

235K

Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia

235L

Catalan Atlas, detail, Near/Far East

236
236.A

Kangnido link

Yoktae chewang honil kangnido

236.AA Kangnido Outline


236.AB Ch'onhado Outline
236.AC Kangnido-Ch'onhado Outline
236.B

Abraham Cresques
(?)
Abraham
Cresques (?)
Abraham Cresques
(?)
Abraham Cresques
(?)

modern
modern
modern

Ch'an Chin and


1402
Li Hui
Ch'an Chin and
1402
Li Hui
modern
modern
modern

Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Europe, Africa, Ch'an Chin and
1402
Southeast Asia
Li Hui

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

modern

1402
1402
1402
1402
1402
1402
1402

Chugoku Zenzu [Complete Map of China]

1568 copy

236.1A Chugoku Zenzu [Complete Map of China]

1568 copy

236.1B Chugoku Zenzu, detail: Europe & Africa

1568 copy

237

Borgia Map

unknown

ca. 1430

237A
237B

Borgia Map

unknown

ca. 1430

Borgia Map, detail, Russia/Asia

unknown

ca. 1430

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237C
237D
237E
238

Borgia Map, detail, Northern Europe


Borgia Map, detail, Asia
Borgia Map, detail, Asia

unknown
unknown
unknown

ca. 1430
ca. 1430
ca. 1430

Imago Mundi

Pierre d'Ailly

1410

238A

Imago Mundi

Pierre d'Ailly

1483

239

world map

Pirrus de Noha

1414 (?)

240

world map

Albertin de Virga

240A

world map, detail: map

241

world map

ca, 141115
ca, 1411Albertin de Virga
15
Andrea Bianco

1432

241A world map


241B world map
241B1 world map
Bianco world map
241C
reoriented with North at the top

Andrea Bianco
Andrea Bianco
Andrea Bianco

(1432)
modern
modern

unknown

modern

242

Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi

Giovanni Leardo 1442

242A

Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi

Giovanni Leardo 1442

242B
242B1
242B2
242B3
242C

Leardo world map


Leardo world map
world map
world map

Giovanni Leardo
Giovanni Leardo
Giovanni Leardo
Giovanni Leardo

world map

Giovanni Leardo 1448

242D

world map

Giovanni Leardo 1452-3

1448
1488
1488
1488

242D1 world map


Leardo world map
242E
re-oriented with North at the top
243
The Vinland Map

Giovanni Leardo

1452-3

unknown

modern

unknown

1440 ?

243A

The Vinland Map, detail: Europe/Africa

unknown

(1440 ?)

243B
243C

The Vinland Map, Asia

unknown

(1440 ?)

The Vinland Map (reverse outline)

unknown

modern

243D

The Vinland Map, The Atlantic Perspective

unknown

modern

244

Norse World Map

Bjrno

(12th-14th
cen.)

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244.1

Norse World Map

245

world map

245A

Walsperger world map

245A1 Walsperger world map, detail: China

Bjrno
Andreas
Walsperger
Andreas
Walsperger
Andreas
Walsperger

(12th-14th
cen.)
1448
1448
1448

246

Catalan-Estense Map

unknown

1450-60

246

Catalan-Estense Map

unknown

1450-60

246A

Catalan-Estense Map, detail: Europe and Africa

unknown

1450-60

246B
246C
246D
246E

Catalan-Estense Map, detail, Asia


Catalan-Estense Map
Catalan-Estense Map
Catalan-Estense Map

unknown
unknown
unknown
unknown

1450-60
modern
1450-1460
1450-1460

247

Comparison of Medieval Mappaemundi

modern

247

Comparison of Medieval Mappaemundi

modern

248

The Genoese World Map

unknown

1457

248A

The Genoese Map, detail: Europe, N. Africa

unknown

1457

248B
248C

The Genoese Map, detail of Asia


The Genoese Map

1457
modern

249

Fra Mauro's World Map

unknown
unknown
Fra Mauro/
Andrea Bianco

249A

Fra Mauro's Map (re-oriented, North at the top)

unknown

modern

249B

Fra Mauro's Map, detail: China

249C

Fra Mauro's Map

249D

Fra Mauro's Map (re-oriented, North at the top)

249E

Fra Mauro's Map

250

(world map)
The Zeitz Map
(oriented with South at the top)
The Zeitz Map, Europe

251
251A

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Fra Mauro/
Andrea Bianco
Fra Mauro/Andrea
Bianco
Fra Mauro/Andrea
Bianco
Fra/Mauro/Andrea
Bianco
unknown

1459

1459
modern
modern
modern
ca. 1460

unknown

1470

unknown

1470

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252

Toscanelli's Chart (reconstruction)

252A

Toscanelli's Chart (reconstruction)

252B

Toscanelli's Chart (reconstruction)

253

Rudimentum Novitiorum, world map

253.A

Rudimentum Novitiorum, detail, Asia

253.A1 Rudimentum Novitiorum, detail, Asia


253.A2 Rudimentum Novitiorum, detail, Asia
253.B

Rudimentum Novitiorum, world map, detail, Europe

253.C

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

Buondelmonde world map

255

Anonymous world map

256

world map

256A

Martellus, detail: Africa

256B

Martellus, outline

256C

Martellus 1489 world map

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(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)

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256D
256E
256F

world map
Martellus 1490 world map
Martellus/Rosselli 1490 world map

Henricus Martellus
Henricus Martellus
Francesco Rosselli
Christopher
Columbus ?
Christopher
Columbus ?
Christopher
Columbus ?
Christopher
Columbus ?

1490
(1490)
(1490)

257

The Christopher Columbus Chart

257A

The Christopher Columbus Chart", detail world map

257B

The Christopher Columbus Chart, detail: Africa

257C

The Christopher Columbus Chart, outline

258

Behaim's Globe

Martin Behaim

1492

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

Martin Behaim
Martin Behaim

1492
1492

Martin Behaim

1492

Martin Behaim

1492

Martin Behaim
Martin Behaim
Martin Behaim
Martin Behaim
Martin Behaim

1492
(1492)
(1492)
(1492)
(1492)

258E

unknown

modern

258E1 Behaim's Globe, overlaid on modern world

unknown

modern

258F

Behaim's Globe, overlaid on modern world

unknown

modern

258G
258H

Behaim's Globe, sources


Behaim's Globe, sources

258I

Behaim's Globe

258J

Behaim's Globe

unknown
modern
unknown
modern
Martin
(1492)
Behaim/Dopplmyer
Martin Behaim
(1492)

258K

The World as known to Christian Europe in 1492

259

The Laon Globe

unknown

(1493)

259A

The Laon Globe

unknown

(1493)

260

Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi


(Nuremberg Chronicle)

Hartmann
Schedel

1493

Behaim's Globe, overlaid on modern world

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1490
1490
1490
modern

modern

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260A

Liber chronicarum characters

Hartmann
Schedel

260A1

Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi


(Nuremberg Chronicle)

Hartmann Schedel 1493

260B

Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi


(Nuremberg Chronicle)

Hartmann Schedel 1493

260B1 Liber chronicarum characters

1493

Hartmann Schedel 1493

260C

Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi


(Nuremberg Chronicle)

Hartmann Schedel 1493

260C1
260C2
260C3
260C4

Liber chronicarum characters


Liber chronicarum characters
Liber chronicarum characters
Liber chronicarum characters

Hartmann Schedel
Hartmann Schedel
Hartmann Schedel
Hartmann Schedel

260D

Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi


(Nuremberg Chronicle)

Hartmann Schedel 1493

261

Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi

261A

Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi

262

Tang yixing shan he liangjie t'u


[Map of the two boundaries formed by mountains and
reviers according to Yixing of the Tang]

263

Guijin hua yi quyu zongyao t'u


[General Map of the ancient and present territories of China
and foreign countries]

264
265
266
267
268A
268B

Hindu/Buddist World
Hindu/Buddist World
Marathi World Map
Marathi World Map, detail
Marathi World Map

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Johannes de
Sacrobosco
Johannes de
Sacrobosco

1493
1493
1493
1493

1300-1500
1300-1500

modern
modern

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227A. The Countries in the Southwestern Sea, from the Kuang Y T'u [Enlarges Terrestrial Atlas - or Mongolian Atlas], 1320

Slide #227A

The Countries in the Southwestern Sea,


from the Kuang Y T'u
[Enlarged Terrestrial Atlas, or, The Mongolian Atlas], 1320
Chinese map showing Southern Africa and Asia

Slide #227 Monograph

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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

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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228F Pietro Vesconte's World Map, ca. 1320

Slide #228F

Pietro Vesconte mappamundi, ca. 1320


(oriented with East at the top)
35 cm diameter

Slide #228 Monograph

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230 Opicinus de Canistris world map, 1296 - 1300

Slide #230

Opicinus de Canistris world map, 1296 - 1300

Slide #230 Monograph

230A Opicinus de Canistris world map, 1341

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230A Opicinus de Canistris world map, 1341

Slide 230A

Opicinus de Canistris world map, 14th century

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230A Opicinus de Canistris world map, 1341

Slide #230 Monograph

230 Opicinus de Canistris world map, 1296 - 1300

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Opicinus de Canistris world map, detail, left-hand side, 14th century

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

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230B3 Queen Map of Europe

Slide #230B3

Europa prima pars terra in forma virginis

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230C

Slide #230C

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232. Ranulf Higden's world map, from the Polychronicon (oval), 1350*

Slide #232

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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

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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)

Slide #232 Monograph

232. Ranulf Higden's world map,


from the Polychronicon (oval), 1350

232B Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon (oval),1350

232D Ranulf Higden's World Map in


Polychronicon (oval),1350

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232A Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon detail: Europe/North Africa

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232B Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon (oval),1350*

Slide #232B

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232B Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon (oval),1350*

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

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232C 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)

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
http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/232C.html (1 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.34.09]

232C Ranulf Higden's World Map in Polychronicon (oval),1350*

232D Ranulf Higden's World Map


in Polychronicon (oval),1350*

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233 Portolano Laurenziano-Gaddiano [Laurentian Sea Atlas or Medici Atlas] , 1351

233

Portolano Laurenziano-Gaddiano
[Laurentian Sea Atlas or Medici Atlas] , 1351

Slide #233 Monograph

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/233.html [30/01/2003 8.34.24]

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)

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234 World Map from the Chronicles of St. Denis , 1364-1372 (Santarem )

Slide #234 Monograph

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235B Catalan Atlas , detail, Europe

Slide #235B

Catalan Atlas (facsimile), detail: Europe, North Africa

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/235B.html [30/01/2003 8.35.18]

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/235D.html

Slide #235D

Catalan Atlas, detail: Tabrobana

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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/235D.html

Slide #235 Monograph

235E Catalan Atlas , detail, Asia (4)*

235F Catalan Atlas , detail, Asia (4)*

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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/235E.html

Slide #235E

Catalan Atlas, detail: Asia

Slide #235 Monograph

235F Catalan Atlas , detail, Asia (4)*

235G Catalan Atlas , detail: Tabrobana

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/235E.html [30/01/2003 8.35.51]

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/235G.html

Slide #235J

Catalan Atlas (facsimile), detail: Asia

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/235G.html [30/01/2003 8.35.55]

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

Slide #236 Monograph

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236A Yoktae chewang honil kangnido,


detail: Europe and Africa

Evolution of the world concept in Asia, see also


262 Tchien-ha-tchong-do, Korean mappamundi, Atlas I
262A Tchien-ha-tchong-do, Korean mappamundi, Atlas I

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Outline drawing of the Kangnido world concept

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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/236A.html

Slide #236A

Yoktae chewang honil kangnido by Ch'an Chin and Li Hui, 1402


http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/236A.html (1 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.36.13]

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 #236 Monograph


236 Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, 1402

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237 The Borgia Map, early 15th century (1410-1485)

Slide #237

The Borgia world map, early 15th century (1410-1458)


(oriented with South at the top; engraved on an iron plate)

Slide #237 Monograph

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/237.html (1 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.36.22]

237 The Borgia Map, early 15th century (1410-1485)

237A. The Borgia Map, detail: Asia, Russia and Scandinavia

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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 #237 Monograph

237 The Borgia Map, early 15th century (1410-1485)

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/237A.html [30/01/2003 8.36.41]

238 Pierre d'Ailly's World Map in his Ymago Mundi , 1410

Slide #238

Pierre d'Ailly's World Map in his Ymago Mundi , 1410

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238 Pierre d'Ailly's World Map in his Ymago Mundi , 1410

Slide #328 Monograph

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/238.html (2 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.36.49]

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/238B.html

Slide #238B

Pierre d'Ailly's World Map, translation of 1483 edition

Slide #328 Monograph


http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/238B.html (1 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.36.55]

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/238B.html

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239 Pirrus de Noha, Ptolemaic World Map, 1414*

Slide #239

Pirrus de Noha, Ptolemaic World Map, 1414

Slide #239 Monograph

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/239.html [30/01/2003 8.37.13]

240 Albertinus de Virga 's world map, ca. 1411-15

Slide #240

Albertinus de Virga 's world map and calendar, ca. 1411-15


69.6 x 44 cm

Slide #240 Monograph

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/240.html [30/01/2003 8.37.28]

240A Albertinus de Virga 's world map, ca. 1411-15

Slide #240A

Albertinus de Virga 's world map, ca. 1411-15, detail


69.6 x 44 cm

Slide #240 Monograph

Slide #240 Albertinus de Virga 's world map, ca. 1411-15

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/240A.html (1 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.37.36]

240A Albertinus de Virga 's world map, ca. 1411-15

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/240A.html (2 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.37.36]

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/241.html

Slide #241

Andrea Bianco's World Map, 1432


(oriented with East at the top)

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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)

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242 Giovanni Leardo, Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi,1442*

Slide #242

Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi, 1442


world map by GiovanniLeardo
(oriented with East at the top)
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242 Giovanni Leardo, Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi,1442*

Outline redrawing of the Leardo world map


(re-oriented with North at the top)

Slide #242 Monograph

242B. Giovanni Leardo's World Map, 1448

249.1 Comparison of medieval mappamundi (Vesconte, Bianco,


Leardo, Catalan-Estense and Fra Mauro)

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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)

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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/242C.html

outline of world map


(re-oriented with North at the top)

Slide #242 Monograph

Slide #242, Entire Leardo map

Slide #242B. Giovanni Leardo's World Map, 1448

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242B. Giovanni Leardo's World Map, 1448

Slide #242C

GiovanniLeardo world map, 1448


(oriented with East at the top)

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242B. Giovanni Leardo's World Map, 1448

outline drawing, reoriented with North at the top


Slide #242 Monograph

Slide #242 Giovanni Leardo world map, 1442

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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/242D.html

Slide #242D

world map by Giovanni Leardo, 1452-53


(oriented with East at the top)

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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/242D.html

Slide #242 Monograph

Slide #242, Entire Leardo map

Slide #242B. Giovanni Leardo's World Map, 1448

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243 The Vinland Map

Slide #243

The Vinland Map, circa 1440 [?]

243A The Vinland Map, detail: Vinland


243C The Vinland Map, redrawing reverse outline

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243A The Vinland Map, detail: Vinland

Slide #243A

The Vinland Map, detail: Vinland

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243A The Vinland Map, detail: Vinland

243 The Vinland Map


243C The Vinland Map, redrawing reverse outline

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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/243C.html

Slide #243C

The Vinland Map, redrawing reverse outline

243 The Vinland Map


243A The Vinland Map, detail: Vinland

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245 Andreas Walsperger 's world map, 1448

Slide #245

Andreas Walsperger's world map, 1448


(oriented with South at the top)
42.5 cm diameter

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245 Andreas Walsperger 's world map, 1448

Slide #245 Monograph

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/245.html (2 di 2) [30/01/2003 8.39.04]

246 Catalan-Estense Map, 1450-60

Slide #246

Catalan-Estense Map, 1450-60


113 cm diameter

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246 Catalan-Estense Map, 1450-60

outline drawing of the Catalan Este mappamundi

Slide #246 Monograph

246B Catalan-Estense Map, detail: Middle East, India, Asia

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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/246B.html

Slide #246A

Catalan-Estense Map, detail: Asia, Eastern Africa, Middle East

Slide #246 Monograph

Slide #246 Catalan-Estense Map, 1450-60

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/246B.html [30/01/2003 8.39.27]

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

241 Andrea Bianco's World Map, 1432

242 Giovanni Leardo, Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi,1442*

246 Catalan-Estense Map, 1450-60*


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249.1 Comparison of medieval mappamundi (Vesconte, Bianco, Leardo, Catalan-Estense and Fra Mauro)

249 Fra Mauro's Map, 1459*

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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/248.html

Slide #248

The Genoese Map, 1457

Slide #248 Monograph

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249 Fra Mauro's Map, 1459

Slide #249

Fra Mauro's Mappamundi, 1459


(oriented with South at the top)
190.5 cm diameter

Slide #249 Monograph

249B Fra Mauro's Map, detail: Asia (China)


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249 Fra Mauro's Map, 1459

redrawing of Fra Mauro mappamundi


(re-orieted with North at the top)

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Slide #249B

Fra Mauro's Mappamundi, detail: Asia (China)


(oriented with South at the top)

Slide #249 Monograph

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252 Paolo Toscanelli's Map, 1474 (reconstruction, Hapgood)

Slide #252

Paolo Toscanelli's Map, 1474 (reconstruction, Hapgood)

Slide #252 Monograph

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255. Anonymous medieval mappamundi, 1485-1500

Slide #255

Anonymous medieval mappamundi, 1485-1500

Slide #255 Monograph

http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/255.html [30/01/2003 8.40.46]

256 Henricus Martellus' World Map, 1489*

Slide #256

Henricus Martellus' World Map, 1489

Slide #256 Monograph

256B Henricus Martellus' World Map, 1490

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256 Henricus Martellus' World Map, 1489*

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Slide #256B

Henricus Martellus' World Map, 1490


Slide #256 Monograph
256 Henricus Martellus' World Map, 1489*

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257 Anonymous Genoese chart (C. Columbus ?), ca. 1490*

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

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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
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http://www.henry-davis.com/MAPS/LMwebpages/257A.html

Anonymous Genoese chart (C. Columbus ?), ca. 1490*


Detailed view of North Africa

Outine drawing of world map

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257B 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*

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257B detailed view of North Africa

Outine drawing of world map

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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
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Detailed view of World Map

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258 Martin Behaim's Globe, 1492

Slide #258

Martin Behaim's Globe, 1492


50.7 cm diameter
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258 Martin Behaim's Globe, 1492

Slide #258 Monograph

258E Behaim's globe outline superimposed on modern map

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Slide #258E

Behaim's globe outline superimposed on modern map

258 Martin Behaim's Globe, 1492

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Slide #258 Monograph

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259 The Laon Globe, ca. 1493 (Ravenstein)

Slide #259

The Laon Globe, ca. 1493 (drawing from Ravenstein)

Slide #259 Monograph

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260 Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum, 1493*

Slide #260

Ptolemaic world map in


Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum, 1493

Slide #260 Monograph

260A Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum, close-up view of


fabulous charaters on the left

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260A Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum, 1493*

Slide #260A

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260A Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum, 1493*

Characters from Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum, 1493*

Slide #260 Monograph


260 Hartmann Schedel, Liber Chronicarum, 1493*

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261 Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi, 1300-1500

Slide #261

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261 Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi, 1300-1500

Two examples of the Sacrobosco's Opusculum,


Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi, 1300-1500
oriented with South at the top

Slide #261 Monograph

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