The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453

About this eBook

Author

Wright, John Kirtland, 1891-1969

Title

The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453 In the Collections of the American Geographical Society

Credits

Produced by Stephen Hutcheson, Dave Morgan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

GA: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Mathematical geography, Cartography

Subject

Leardo, Giovanni

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 53480

Release Date

November 9, 2016

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE LEARDO MAP OF THE WORLD 1452 OR 1453
2. 2.CONTENTS
3. 3.ILLUSTRATIONS
4. 4.THE LEARDO MAP OF THE WORLD 1452 OR 1453 — The Calendar and the Inscription Beneath It — The Map Disk — Sources of Leardo’s Geography — The Known World According to Leardo — Asia — Africa — The Mediterranean — Europe
5. 5.NOTES
6. 6.APPENDIX DETAILED COMMENTS ON THE MAP — Explanation — I. Northern Asia — Mountains — Rivers — Other Natural Features — Edifices — Legend Between Rivers Ras and Tanai — II. Far Eastern Asia — Mountains — Rivers — Lake — Edifices — Place Names — Longer Inscriptions — III. India — Mountain — Rivers — Edifices — Place Names on Coast — Longer Inscriptions — IV. Central Asia — Mountain — Rivers — Edifices — Place Names — V. Persia — Lake and River — Desert — Edifices — Place Names, North Coast of Persian Gulf — VI. Mesopotamia and Syria — Rivers and Lakes — Edifices — Place Names — VII. Arabia — Mountains — Edifices — Regional Names — VIII. Asia Minor — River — Edifice — Place Names — IX. Armenia, Caucasia, and Southeastern Russia — Mountain — Rivers — Caspian Sea — Edifices — Place Names in Southeastern Russia — X. Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea — XI. Southern Africa — Mountains — Edifices — Longer Legends — XII. Middle and Lower Nile Region — Mountains — Rivers and Lakes — Other Natural Features — Edifices — Place Name, West Coast of Red Sea — XIII. Upper Nile Region and West Africa — Mountains — Island — Rivers, Lake, Seacoast — Desert — Edifices — Place Names — XIV. North Africa — Mountains — River — Edifices — Place Names — XV. Black and Mediterranean Seas — Names of Seas — Islands — XVI. Southwestern Europe — Rivers — Edifices — Place Names — Regional Name — XVII. Atlantic Ocean and Islands — XVIII. Central Europe — Mountains — Rivers and Lake — Edifices — Place Names — XIX. Italy — River — Edifices — Place Names — XX. Southeastern Europe — Rivers — Edifices — Place Names — XXI. Baltic Sea — XXII. Scandinavia — Mountains — Rivers — Longer Legends — Place Names — XXIII. Eastern Europe — Mountains — Rivers — Edifices — Place Names — XXIV. Far North
7. 7.LIST OF REFERENCES
8. 8.THE REPRODUCTION OF THE LEARDO MAP
9. 9.KEY MAPS
10. 10.Transcriber’s Notes

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