CONTENTS
John Kirtland Wright
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The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453
1
The Calendar and the Inscription Beneath It
2
The Map Disk
4
Sources of Leardo’s Geography
6
The Known World According to Leardo
10
Asia
10
Africa
15
The Mediterranean
16
Europe
17
Notes
21
Appendix: Detailed Comments on the Map
31
Explanation
31
I.
Northern Asia
32
II.
Far Eastern Asia
35
III.
India
37
IV.
Central Asia
40
V.
Persia
41
VI.
Mesopotamia and Syria
42
VII.
Arabia
44
VIII.
Asia Minor
45
IX.
Armenia, Caucasia, and Southeastern Russia
46
X.
Indian Ocean, Persian Gulf, and Red Sea
47
XI.
Southern Africa
47
XII.
Middle and Lower Nile Region
49
XIII.
Upper Nile Region and West Africa
50
XIV.
North Africa
52
XV.
Black and Mediterranean Seas
54
XVI.
Southwestern Europe
55
XVII.
Atlantic Ocean and Islands
56
XVIII.
Central Europe
56
XIX.
Italy
57
XX.
Southeastern Europe
57
XXI.
Baltic Sea
58
XXII.
Scandinavia
58
XXIII.
Eastern Europe
59
XXIV.
Far North
60
List of References
63
The Reproduction of the Leardo Map
, by A. B. Hoen
71
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