Fragment of a 1550 map. East of Iceland Ice Sea. Even east of Greenland, with a mass of snag near the coast and sunken ships that have run over them, are traces of a powerful water disaster.
Another fragment. The freezing of part of the Baltic Sea is valuable here. The Swedes crossed over the ice and attacked the horsemen from Muscovy Pars.
Another fragment. The sea (although the ice is shown in brown) froze all the way to Denmark. And there (this map is too bad) there is a series of sunken cities with towers sticking out right in the middle of the sea ice. All along the southern coast.
Another fragment. Here you can see the fiery Icelandic mountains and separately depict Greenland with a snag off the coast. Greenland is spelled Gryutlandia. No English green.
Map of 1572 Here, 22 years later, the sinkhole was repeated. Greenland is called Gruntlandia - earthy land. Well. or Grand, Grant - a large, free land.
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Fragment. The wind is like God and Indian deities. The rider and the horse were seriously upset.
Fragment. Iceland's Fiery Mountains are larger.
Fragment. Iceland's icy sea is larger.
Fragment. In addition to the dinosaur, the sunken city at the mouth is visible.
Fragment. The ocean is Scythian. The problem is that the Scythian toponym - judging by the ship - is a contemporary of Captain Blood.
Fragment. The Swede crossed over the ice of the Baltic Sea and attacked the Muscovites.
Fragment. Russiya Alba is written on the right.
Fragment. Here is the frozen southern coast of the Baltic and towers of cities sticking out of the ice. There is darkness of them here.
Fragment. Here they are larger. Directly opposite Gdansk.
And here there are either lighthouses, or burning cities of the coast. Rather, the second.
It is important that the Baltic Sea is not prone to freezing so much.
Map of 1554. Extremely interesting and bearing a ton of truthful detail. The other side of America is easier to reach than the Caspian.
Please note that the cartographers have accumulated an error, and the Red Sea is separated from the Mediterranean by 1.5 thousand km. For this, the Sultan of Egypt took a third of the price for the right to transport spices from the Indies across its territory. Well this is so much work!
That is, ALL maps earlier than 1554 showing the correct location of the Red Sea are a late forgery.
The fact that the Suez Canal project became interested only at the end of the 18th century indicates the exact dating of the beginning of understanding. And everything is tied to the problem of determining longitude. The latitude of the Red Sea is correct.
Next, I will list the toponyms indicated on the map.
Morocco
Madeira
Canaria
Solis Island
Fortunate Island
St. Lawrence
Gorgades (Georgia?)
Hea
Sousse
Dukkala
Haskora
Tedle
Fessa
Temesine
Azgar
Elabat
Errisi
Gareth
Elkaute
Libya / Sarah
Telencin
Tenes
Boogia
Constantine
Tripolidi
Barberia
Ezzab
Numidia Morenland
Galata
Chinea (Ethiopian China?)
Melly
Tombutto
Gago
Huber
Agadest
Kano
Kasena
Zegzeg
Zansara
Guangara
Stormy
Gaoga
Nube
Egyptian
Städte
Africa
Morocco
Thessadie
Tooms
Tripoli
Carthaginine (the city is alive and well!)
Azasi
Elmadina
Tesca
Anta
Of Rabat
Tremisen
Algeria
Alexandria
Che
Cairo
Nilo
Niger
Tensist
Burerag
Luccus
Saint Thomas
Saint Sorena Oder Madagascar