old Charts of the World or Old maps of the world . The article presents old charts of the world, Antiquité at the end of the Moyen-âge.
Map of the world of Ptolémée
See also: Ptolémée
The chart of Ptolémée is based on the description of the world contained in the work of Ptolémée Geographia , written towards 150 of our era. No chart dating from the time of the work found forever, but the Geographia makes it possible to build it, thanks to the method suggested and to the thousands of references to various places of the Old world, including coordinates Géographique S for number of them. Thus, when the manuscript was redécouvert towards 1300, the cartographers could rebuild the world such as Ptolémée conceived it.
Map of the world of Beatus (about 1050)
See also: Beatus
Beatus de Liébana (v. 730 - 798) was today monk with the monastery Saint Martin's day de Liébana, in Spain, especially known for its Commentaire on the Apocalypse (v. 776). The work contains also the oldest Christian charts of the world . Although the Handwritten original and the Carte did not survive, the copies exist in several posterior manuscripts.
In this map of the world, one finds the Carte in T, which will be gradually abandoned as from the 12th century.
Al Idrissi map of the world (about 1154)
See also: Al Idrissi
The Arab Géographe Al Idrissi included, with the information inherited the traditional Antiquité, the Connaissance S on the Africa and the Indian Ocean that the Arab merchants and the Explorateur S had glanées since. It thus carried out the most complete Carte S most precise and of its time. In this chart, the Northern is in bottom, and the Southern in top. He worked for Roger II of Sicily to Palermo.
Chart “of Vinland”
The chart of the world known as " Vinland " presented here date of the 15th century. It is a probable copy of an original of the 13th century. Its importance lies in the fact that, in addition to the presence of the Europe, the Asia and of the Africa, it shows a ground portion beyond the Northern Atlantique, called Vinland , which proves that the Viking S went there and brought back information of it as of the 11th century, anticipating four centuries the discovery of the Nouveau World by Christophe Colomb (1492). The authenticity of the chart is discussed, because ink used contains titanium dioxide, substance which chemistry can produce only since 1920.
Map of the world of Hereford (about 1300)
The Mappa Mundi of Hereford is a chart T in O, presenting a manner of improvement of the kind, dating from the surroundings of 1300. It is signed by some " Richard de Haldingham or of Lafford". Drawn on a single vellum sheet, it measures 158 cm out of 133 cm. The layouts are carried out in black ink, with additions of red and gold, as well as green blue/for water (the Red Sea being colored in red).
The chart Kangnido (1402)
See also: Chart Kangnido
The chart Kangnido (historical Chart of the cities and country) was carried out in Korea in 1402, starting from Chinese sources, by Gim Its-hyeong (김사형: 金士衡), Li Driven (이무: 李茂) and Li Hoi (이회). It describes the totality of the known world at the time and in this territory: Korea and the Japan in the east; the oversize China in the center; and, at one time when the voyages of exploration of Europeans did not yet begin, the Western Asia, the Africa and the Europe in the west. That is to say the totality of the Old world. It would seem that this chart also precedes the voyages by the Chinese Lord High Admiral Zheng He (towards 1420), suggesting in any event the extent of knowledge of civilizations of the Far East of the time.
Map of the world of Virga (1411-1415)
This chart was carried out by Albertin de Virga between 1411 and 1415. Venetian Albertin de Virga is also known for a chart of the the Mediterranean also carried out with Venice in 1409. Its map of the world is circular. It is drawn on a Parchemin of 69,6 cm out of 44 cm, the extension around the chart itself (of 44 cm approximately of diameter) is occupied by calendars and two tables.
Map of the world of FRA Mauro (1459)
The monk Venetian Camaldule FRA Mauro carried out his circular Planisphère between 1457 and 1459 on a parchment approximately 2 m in diameter. The chart is inserted within a framework out of wooden. The original of the Carte was drawn by FRA Mauro and its assistant Andrea Bianco, sailor and cartographer, at the request of the king Alphonse V of Portugal. It was completed the April 24th 1459 and was sent to the Portugal. This specimen did not arrive to us. FRA Mauro began a copy for the Seigniory from it from Venice, which was completed after its death by Andrea Bianco. The chart represents in an astonishing way the Indian Ocean and especially the southern part of Africa, at one time when no European had still ventured there. It is plausible that this information arrived of China in Italy via merchants.
See too
Evolution of the figures of the Earth
- Figure of the Earth
- Figure of the Earth in Antiquity
- Figure of the Earth to the Middle Ages
- Figure of the Earth to the Rebirth
Discovered new world
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