Map · Venetian / Italian; English…

World Map

Fra Mauro

How we know

not stated The catalogue does not say how the author knew.

Research notes

Map date should be checked against current object catalogue; interactive image loading was not verified in this pass.

Extensive legends and an English exploration interface for Asian geographical knowledge.

World; Rossia; Central Asia; Cathay

Earlier in the chain

Andrea Bianco’s circular world map, 1436, in his portolan atlas, Marciana Ms.… M042, 1436
this one was drawn from it (stated)
Bianco 1436 is a source for Fra Mauro

Later in the chain

Genoese world map of 1457, Florence BNCF Portolano 1 M040, 1457
same tradition (stated)
Genoese 1457 runs parallel to Fra Mauro