 The De Virga world map (1411-1415). The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. The map contains a mention in small letters: Events Births September 21 - Richard Plantagenet, 3rd Duke of York (died 1460) Juan de Mena, Spanish poet (died 1456) Deaths June 3 - Leopold IV, Regent of Tyrol and Further Austria (born 1371) November 4 - Khalil Sultan, Timurid ruler in Transoxiana (born 1384) Hasdai Crescas, Jewish philosopher and halakhist (born c. ...
Events Friedrich I Hohenzollern (b. ...
- "A. 141.. Albertin diuirga me fecit in vinexia"
- "Made by Albertinius de Virga in Venice in 141.."
(the last number of the date is erased by a fold in the map) Location within Italy Venice (Italian: Venezia), the city of canals, is the capital of the region of Veneto (Italian: Venetia) and of the province of Venice, 45°26′ N 12°19′ E, population 271,663 (census estimate 2004-01-01). ...
Albertin de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice.
Structure
 The full map, with calendar plates. The world map is circular, drawn on a piece of parchment 69.6x44 cm. It consists of the map itself, about 44 cm in diameter, and an extension containing a calendar and two tables. German parchmenter, 1568 Parchment is a material for the pages of a book or codex, made from fine calf skin, sheep skin or goat skin. ...
The map is oriented to the North, with a wind rose centered in Central Asia, possibly the observatory of Ulugh Begh in the Mongol city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, or the western shore of the Caspian sea. The wind rose divides the map in eight sectors. Honorary guard of Mongolia. ...
Samarkand (Samarqand or Самарқанд in Uzbek, in Persian سمرقند) (population 400,000) is the second-largest city in Uzbekistan, capital of Samarqand Province. ...
Caspian Sea viewed from orbit The Caspian Sea or Mazandaran Sea is a landlocked sea between Asia and Europe (European Russia). ...
The map is colored: the seas are left white, although the Red Sea is colored in red. Continental land is colored in yellow, and several colors are used for islands. The mountains are in brown, the lakes are in blue, and rivers are in brown. Conshelf II in the Red Sea (Sudan) Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea (Arabic البØر الأØمر Baḥr al-Aḥmar, al-Baḥru l-’Aḥmar; Hebrew ×™× ×¡×•×£ Yam Suf; Tigrigna ቀá‹áˆ• ባሕሪ QeyH baHri) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ...
The extension shows a calendar with depictions of the signs of the zodiac and a table to calculate lunar positions. This article is about the astrological concept. ...
The map is generally consitent with the Fra Mauro map (1457), also drawn before the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope, and today visible in Venice. The Fra Mauro map (1459) in Venice (inverted, South is normally at the top). ...
Regions The regions of Asia, Africa, yet unexplored, are described with surprising accuracy. In particular, the contour of Africa is quite accuratly rendered, even before the first Portuguese voyages of exploration along Africa (the Portuguese first rounded Cape Bojador in Western Sahara in 1434), and of course before the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope in 1487. Cape Bojador is a headland on the northern coast of Moroccos Western Sahara province, just below latitude 27° North. ...
Events May 30, Battle of Lipany in the Hussite Wars Jan van Eyck paints the wedding of Giovanni Arnoflini The Honorable Passing of Arms at the bridge of Obrigo The Portuguese reach Cape Bojador in Western Sahara. ...
Image:CapeOfGoodHopeSouthAfrica. ...
Events Richard Fox becomes Bishop of Exeter. ...
The ocean surrounding the continental mass bears the mention "Mari Oziano Magno".
Jerusalem is indicated (Jordan and Gorlan), although not at the exact center of the map. The three continents are rather clearly represented, and labeled "Europa", "Africa" and "Axia". The Indian Ocean contains many colored islands, in a style reminescent of Arab map.
Atlantic Ocean The island of the Canaries and the Azores are particularly well marked, although the Azores were discovered later by the Portuguese, in 1427. Missing image image:ccaa-canary. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Location Motto of the autonomous region: Antes morrer livres que em paz sujeitos (Portuguese: Rather die free than peacefully subjected) Official language Portuguese Capitals Ponta Delgada (Presidency of the autonomous government), Angra do HeroÃsmo (Supreme Court), Horta (Legislative Assembly) Other towns Praia da Vitória...
Events Lincoln College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, is founded. ...
Africa Africa contains depictions of the Atlas mountains and the Nile river, with mention of the territory of Prester John ("Pre. Joanes") in Ethiopia. The Atlas Mountains are a mountain range in northwest Africa extending about 2400 km (1500 miles) through Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia, and including The Rock of Gibraltar. ...
There is also Nile, a death metal band from South Carolina, USA. The Nile in Egypt Length 6 695 km Elevation of the source 1 134 m Average discharge 2 830 m³/s Area watershed 3 400 000 km² Origin Africa Mouth the Mediterranean Basin countries Uganda - Sudan - Egypt The...
The Garden of Eden is depicted at the southernmost tip of Africa with the symbol of two concentric rings, from which emerge the four rivers mentioned in Genesis. This article is about the Biblical location. ...
Genesis (Greek: ΓÎνεσις, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin), also called The First Book of Moses, is the first book of Torah (five books of Moses), and is the first book of the Tanakh, part of the Hebrew Bible; it is also the first book of...
Asia The locations described in Asia are consistent with Mongolian rule: Medru, Calcar, Monza sede di sedre ("the Mangi of northern China"), and Bogar Tartarorum ("the Great Bulgarian" or "Golden Horde"). On the emplacement of Karakorum, fortifications are depicted, with the mention "M[on]gol". The names shown for Chinese rivers and cities are those used by Marco Polo. This article refers to the Mongol state in what is now Russia. ...
Harhorin (Хархорин), or Khara Khorum in Classical Mongolian, is a town in Övörhangay aymag, Mongolia. ...
Marco Polo, after a late painting Marco Polo (15 September 1254, Venice, Italy; or Curzola, Venetian Dalmatia - now KorÄula, Croatia — 8 January 1324, Venice) was a Venetian trader and explorer who, together with his father Niccolò and his uncle Maffeo, was one of the first Westerners to travel the...
The shores of the Indian Ocean contain the mention of the kingdoms of Mimdar and Madar (Malabar?) and probably Sri Lanka with the mention "Ysola d alegro suczimcas magna". In the eastern part of the Indian Ocean southeast, the large island of Java has the following note: "Caparu sive Java magna". The shape of the islands of Japan with the name "Cipangu" are also depicted at the east of the Asian continent. Bekal Fort Beach Malabar is a region along the southwest coast of the Indian peninsula, which forms the northern part of present-day Kerala state. ...
Australia The northern part of Australia (from Courier bay in the West to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the East) is rather accurately depicted and properly located in respect to the Asian continent. The Gulf of Carpentaria viewed from orbit. ...
Europe Europe is quite clearly and accurately depicted. In northern Europe, various places are mentioned, such as "Ogama, Goga" Gog and Magog, "Rotenia" Russia, Naia, Samolica, and the kingdom of "Norveca" Norway beyond Denmark and Scotland. There is speculation that the landmass represented in the northwest is Greenland, or even the North American continent. Gog and Magog are, respectively, the names of a mysterious Biblical land and its people, who feature in apocalyptic prophecy. ...
Royal motto: Nemo me impune lacessit (Latin: No one provokes me with impunity) (Scots: Wha daur meddle wi me) Scotlands location within the UK Languages with Official Status1 English Gaelic Capital Edinburgh Largest city Glasgow First Minister Jack McConnell Area - Total - % water Ranked 2nd UK 78,782 km² 1. ...
History of the map The map indicates much knowledge of the world before the European age of exploration, and maybe the one mentionned by the Portuguese historian Antonio Galvao in 1563: Events February 1 - Sarsa Dengel succeeds his father Menas as Emperor of Ethiopia February 18 - The Duke of Guise is assassinated while besieging Orléans March - Peace of Amboise. ...
- "... It was told me by Frances de Sousa Tavares that in the yeere 1528, Dom Fernando, the king's sonne and heire did show him a map which was found in the studie of the Alcobaca (a renowned Cistercian monastery used as a library by Portuguese kings) which had beene made 120 yeeres before (ie 1408) which map did saw forth all the navigation of the East Indies with the Cape of Boa Esperanca according as our later maps had described it; whereby it appeareth that in ancient times there was as much or more discovered than now there is..." Antonio Galvao "Tratado Dos Diversos e Desayados Caminhos"
The map was re-discovered in a second-hand bookshop in 1911 in Srbrenica, Bosnia by Albert Figdor, a map collector. The map was analysed Doctor Professor Franz Von Weiser, of the Austrian State University in Vienna. Authenticated photograph were taken, which are today in the British Library. Alcoba a is in the district of Leiria, in Portugal (though formerly included in the province of Estremadura), on the Alcoa and Baca rivers, from which it derives its name. ...
Events December 13 - The Order of the Dragon is officially formated under King Sigismund of Hungary. ...
1911 was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...
Bosnia and Herzegovina (officially Bosna i Hercegovina, shortened to BiH, also in English variously written Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bosnia and Hercegovina, Bosnia-Hercegovina) is a mountainous country in the western Balkans. ...
The map was stolen during an auction in 1932, and has never been recovered.
The map is discussed by Leo Bagrow in "History of Cartography", and Dr. Gunnar Thompson in "The Friar's Map".
Historical issues Just as the Fra Mauro map, made in 1457, the De Virga world map gives a fairly accurate shape of Africa, at a time when the continent had not yet been rounded by European explorers. The source of such cartographical information is yet un-clarified, although it has been suggested they could be Muslim traders, or possibly Chinese cartographers under Admiral Zheng He. The Fra Mauro map (1459) in Venice (inverted, South is normally at the top). ...
Events University of Freiburg founded. ...
A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم) is an adherent of Islam. ...
Jump to: navigation, search Characters for Zheng He. ...
References - "Mappemondes, AD 1200-1500", Destombes
See also The Fra Mauro map (1459) in Venice (inverted, South is normally at the top). ...
The so-called Age of Discovery was a period from the early 15th century and continuing into the early 17th century, during which European ships were traveled around the world to search for new trading routes and partners to feed burgeoning capitalism in Europe. ...
The 1421 theory of the Chinese discovery of the Americas originates from former British Royal Navy submarine commander Gavin Menzies. ...
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