Un'insolita e attraente mappa del 1658 dell'Oceano Indiano, o Mar Eritreo, come era nell'antichità. Composta da Jan Jansson dopo una simile mappa del 1597 pubblicata da A. Ortelius nel suo Parergon . Copre dall'Egitto e dalla valle del Nilo verso est, oltre Arabia e India, fino al sud-est asiatico e Giava. Cartograficamente, India, Arabia e Africa corrispondono approssimativamente alle convenzioni del periodo. Il sud-est asiatico è meno riconoscibile, ma la penisola malese, Sumatra e Giava sono chiaramente noti. La maggior parte dei toponimi usati in tutto il territorio derivano da Tolomeo, che a sua volta ha basato la sua descrizione della regione h

• Collaboratore: kolvenbach / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2RD91TN
• Dimensioni dei file: 60 MB (6,1 MB Download compresso)
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• Dimensioni: 5000 x 4194 px | 42,3 x 35,5 cm | 16,7 x 14 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 22 aprile 2020

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An unusual and attractive 1658 map of the Indian Ocean, or Erythraean Sea, as it was in antiquity. Composed by Jan Jansson after a similar 1597 map published by A. Ortelius in his Parergon . Covers from Egypt and the Nile valley eastward past Arabia and India, to Southeast Asia and Java. Cartographically, India, Arabia, and Africa roughly correspond to the conventions of the period. Southeast Asia is less recognizable, but the Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, and Java are clearly noted. Most of the place names used throughout are derived from Ptolemy, who himself based his description of the region heavily on records from Alexander the Great's conquests. Two smaller maps in the upper left and right quadrants are of exceptional interest. The upper left chart shows northwestern Africa and is titled Annonis Periplus. This is a reference to the legendary expeditions of the Carthaginian King Hanno, said to have been the first to access the Indian Ocean by sailing around the southern tip of Africa. Incidentally, en route, he is also said to have been the first to tame a lion. The upper right chart shows the northern polar regions as they were perceived at the time. A landmass covering the polar ice cap is indentified as Hyperborea. To the left of this, roughly where North America rests today, the island of Atlantis appears; while Scythia, Europe (Thule) and Asia are on the right. Greenland and possibly Iceland appear at the bottom. This map is intended to point out the possibility of a Northeast Passage to Asia, which was at the time being actively sought after by Dutch, English, and Russian navigators. Date 1658

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• antique
• carta geografica
• cartina del mondo
• marine chart
• vecchio
• vintage