I've added the Fra Mauro map of the footing to my collection of Historical World Maps. To charge the Fra Mauro map yous require to click on the 1450 button. You tin give the axe in addition to then zoom in addition to pan the map to explore it inward detail.
Fra Mauro's footing map was created approximately 1450 past times the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro. His map is a round out planisphere alongside southward orientated to the top of the map. Fra Mauro's map is 1 of the get-go European footing maps to interruption from the tradition of Bible based cartography. In other words Fra Mauro's map favors geographical accuracy rather than religious beliefs in addition to mythological stories.
Fra Mauro lived inward the Republic of Venice. Venice had for centuries been an of import middle of merchandise betwixt Europe in addition to the Middle East in addition to Africa. Before becoming a monk Fra Mauro had himself traveled equally a merchant in addition to a soldier. As a cartographer he was thence able to line from his ain sense in addition to from the many Arab traders in addition to footing travelers passing through Venice. Instead of relying on traditional religious maps Fra Mauro could genuinely acquire get-go mitt accounts from sailors, merchants in addition to other travelers.
One expanse where Fra Mauro's interruption from the religious tradition of map making is apparent is inward having southward at the top. Placing southward at the top was mutual inward Arab maps of the time. In contrast, most European footing maps had eastward at the top, because eastward was the administration of the biblical Garden of Eden. Many European maps of the fourth dimension likewise placed Jerusalem inward the exact middle of the map (and world). Fra Mauro's map likewise breaks alongside this tradition.
One upshot of Fra Mauro's to a greater extent than scientific approach to map making is that his map is the get-go European map to demo Nippon equally an isle in addition to to demo that it was possible to sheet all the agency approximately Africa.
You tin give the axe larn a trivial to a greater extent than close the Fra Mauro map on the brusk video on the British Library's Magnificent Map website.
The Fra Mauro map shown inward my Historical World Maps comes from the David Rumsey Map Collection. It is an 1854 re-create of the original.
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