The Pizzigano Nautical Chart The Pizzigano Nautical Chart

The Pizzigano Nautical Chart • The Pizzigano Nautical Chart was drawn up between 1423 and 1424 by Venetian cartographer Zuane Pizzigano. The Pizzigano map shows the coasts of Portugal, Spain, and Africa, and intriguingly it shows quite clearly, with the help of some complex translation, the islands of Puerto Rico and Guadeloupe. The Pizzigano map is currently part of the James Ford Bell collection at the University of Minnesota.

Di Virga World Map - 1410 • Albertin Di Virga's map was published in 1410. It clearly shows with great precision, the Eastern Hemisphere. Latitude and longitude are correct to an astouding degree of accuracy.

The Waldseemüller map and globe, were produced in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller. He also scripted a brief geographic thesis, Cosmographiae Introductio, in which the New World was for the first time referred to as America, so named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci. The map portrays the vast majority of the world today, bar the Australian mainland.

Cantino world map • The Cantino world map, drawn by Alberto Cantino in 1502, can be found in Modena, Italy, at the Biblioteca Estense. It is arguably the earliest positively dated map of America and shows the islands of the Caribbean and the Florida coastline, as well as Africa, Europe and Asia, with considerable precision

Painting of Chinese Junk in California? The painting of this boat is located within the Painted Rock rock art site at the Carrizo Plain National Monument, west of Bakersfield, California. This federal monument was created in 2002 to protect the Carrizo Plain region, and the rock art. Carl Bjork - this picture was taken from Carl''s website - please see: http: //home. comcast. net/~carlbjork/eye. Ra. htm This painting to our mind represents nothing other than a red sailed Chinese Junk. We would like to have the paint dated in due course

Cave paintings of Chinese junks in Thailand

Cave paintings of Chinese junks in Thailand

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