Index of Cartographic Images
Illustrating Maps of the
Late Medieval Period
1300 - 1500 A.D.


Time Chart of Medieval Cartography


Slide # Title: Cartographer: Date:
227 The Countries of the Southwestern Sea Chu Ssu-Pen/Lo Hung-hsien 1320/1555
227 Chinese Map Legend Chu-Ssu-Pen and Lo Hung-hsien 1320/1555
227.A The Countries of the Southwestern Sea
Southern Africa
Chu Ssu-Pen/Lo Hung-hsien 1320-1555
227.1 The General Map of China Chu-Ssu-Pen and Lo Hung-hsien 1320/1555
227.1A The General Map of China Chu-Ssu-Pen and Lo Hung-hsien 1320/1555
227.2 Hsi-Pei Pi Ti-Li T'u Chu Ssu-Pen 1329
227.3 Hsi-Pei Pi Ti-Li T'u Chu Ssu-Pen 1329
227.3A Hsi-Pei Pi Ti-Li T'u Chu Ssu-Pen 1329
228 Vesconte world map Pietro Vesconte 1320
228A Vesconte world map Pietro Vesconte ca. 1320
228B Vesconte world map Pietro Vesconte 1320
228B1 Vesconte world map Pietro Vesconte 1320
228C Vesconte world map Pietro Vesconte 1320
228D Vesconte world map
(re-oriented with North at the top)
Pietro Vesconte 1320
228E Vesconte world map Pietro Vesconte 1320
228F World Map from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crucis Pietro Vesconte ca. 1321
228F1 Vesconte world map, detail, Europe Pietro Vesconte 1320
228F2 World Map from Marino Sanudo's Liber secretorum fidelium crucis Pietro Vesconte ca. 1321
228G Map of Palestine Pietro Vesconte ca. 1320
228G1 Palestine, detail Pietro Vesconte ca. 1320
229 world map Nasir al-Tusi (1331)
230 world map Opicinus de Canistris ca. 1296-1300
230A world map Opicinus de Canistris ca. 1341
230A world map Opicinus de Canistris ca. 1341
230B world map Opicinus de Canistris ca. 1335
230B1

Europa prima pars terra in forma virginis

ca. 1335
230C world map Opicinus de Canistris ca. 1335
231 (world map) unknown
231A (world map) unknown
232 world map Ranulf Higden ca. 1350
232.A world map Ranulf Higden ca. 1350
232.1 Polychronicon Ranulf Higden ca. 1342
232.1A Polychronicon, detail: eastern Mediterranean, Far East Ranulf Higden ca. 1342
232.1B Polychronicon Ranulf Higden ca. 1342
232.1C Polychronicon, detail: Britain, Spain, France, N. Africa Ranulf Higden ca. 1342
232.2 Polychronicon Ranulf Higden ca. 1350
232.2A Polychronicon Ranulf Higden ca. 1342
232.3 Polychronicon Ranulf Higden ca. 1350
232.3A Polychronicon, detail,
Garden of Eden
Ranulf Higden ca. 1350
232.3B Polychronicon Ranulf Higden ca. 1350
232.4 Polychronicon Ranulf Higden ca. 1350
233 Laurentian Sea Atlas, Medicean Atlas unknown 1351
234 Saint-Denis Chonicles unknown (ca. 1370)
234.1 Go Tenjiku Zu
[Map of the Five Regions of India]
Jukai 1364
234.1A Go Tenjiku Zu, Mt Meru Jukai 1364
234.1B Go Tenjiku Zu Jukai 1364
234.2 Go Tenjiku Zu Schematic of Slide #234.1 Jukai 1364
234.2A Go Tenjiku Zu
[Map of the Five Regions of India]
Jukai 1364
234A Saint-Denis Chonicles unknown (ca. 1370)
235 The Catalan Atlas, 14th century. (BNF, ESP 30) Abraham Cresques (?) (1375)
235A Catalan Atlas,
Europe & North Africa
Abraham Cresques (?) (1375)
235B Catalan Atlas, detail,
Europe/North Africa
Abraham Cresques (?) (1375)
235C Catalan Atlas, detail, Europe Abraham Cresques (?) (1375)
235D Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Abraham Cresques (?) (1375)
235E Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Abraham Cresques (?) (1375)
235F Catalan Atlas, detail, Taprobane Abraham Cresques (?) (1375)
235G Catalan Atlas, Polo Caravan Abraham Cresques (?) (1375)
235H Catalan Atlas, Calendar Abraham Cresques (?) (1375)
235I Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Abraham Cresques (?) modern
235J Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Abraham Cresques (?) modern
235K Catalan Atlas, detail, Asia Abraham Cresques (?) modern
235L Catalan Atlas, detail, Near/Far East Abraham Cresques (?) modern
236 Kangnido link Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.A Yoktae chewang honil kangnido Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.AA Kangnido Outline modern
236.AB Ch'onhado Outline modern
236.AC Kangnido-Ch'onhado Outline modern
236.B Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Europe, Africa, Southeast Asia Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.B1 Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Europe and Africa Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.C Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Europe and Africa Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.C1 Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Europe and Africa Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.D Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Asia Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.E Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Korea Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.F Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Japan Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.G Yoktae chewang honil kangnido, detail, Southeast Asia Ch'üan Chin and Li Hui 1402
236.1 Chugoku Zenzu [Complete Map of China] 1568 copy
236.1A Chugoku Zenzu [Complete Map of China] 1568 copy
236.1B Chugoku Zenzu, detail: Europe & Africa 1568 copy
237 Borgia Map unknown ca. 1430
237A Borgia Map unknown ca. 1430
237B Borgia Map, detail, Russia/Asia unknown ca. 1430
237C Borgia Map, detail, Northern Europe unknown ca. 1430
237D Borgia Map, detail, Asia unknown ca. 1430
237E Borgia Map, detail, Asia unknown ca. 1430
238 Imago Mundi Pierre d'Ailly 1410
238A Imago Mundi Pierre d'Ailly 1483
239 world map Pirrus de Noha 1414 (?)
240 world map Albertin de Virga ca, 1411-15
240A world map, detail: map Albertin de Virga ca, 1411-15
241 world map Andrea Bianco 1432
241A world map Andrea Bianco (1432)
241B world map Andrea Bianco modern
241B1 world map Andrea Bianco modern
241C Bianco world map
reoriented with North at the top
unknown modern
242 Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi Giovanni Leardo 1442
242A Mapa Mondi Figura Mondi Giovanni Leardo 1442
242B Leardo world map Giovanni Leardo 1448
242B1 Leardo world map Giovanni Leardo 1488
242B2 world map Giovanni Leardo 1488
242B3 world map Giovanni Leardo 1488
242C world map Giovanni Leardo 1448
242D world map Giovanni Leardo 1452-3
242D1 world map Giovanni Leardo 1452-3
242E Leardo world map
re-oriented with North at the top
unknown modern
243 The Vinland Map unknown 1440 ?
243A The Vinland Map, detail: Europe/Africa unknown (1440 ?)
243B The Vinland Map, Asia unknown (1440 ?)
243C The Vinland Map (reverse outline) unknown modern
243D The Vinland Map, The Atlantic Perspective unknown modern
244 Norse World Map Björno (12th-14th cen.)
244.1 Norse World Map Björno (12th-14th cen.)
245 world map Andreas Walsperger 1448
245A Walsperger world map Andreas Walsperger 1448
245A1 Walsperger world map, detail: China Andreas Walsperger 1448
246 Catalan-Estense Map unknown 1450-60
246 Catalan-Estense Map unknown 1450-60
246A Catalan-Estense Map, detail: Europe and Africa unknown 1450-60
246B Catalan-Estense Map, detail, Asia unknown 1450-60
246C Catalan-Estense Map unknown modern
246D Catalan-Estense Map unknown 1450-1460
246E Catalan-Estense Map unknown 1450-1460
247 Comparison of Medieval Mappaemundi modern
247 Comparison of Medieval Mappaemundi modern
248 The Genoese World Map unknown 1457
248A The Genoese Map, detail: Europe, N. Africa unknown 1457
248B The Genoese Map, detail of Asia unknown 1457
248C The Genoese Map unknown modern
249 Fra Mauro's World Map Fra Mauro/ Andrea Bianco 1459
249A Fra Mauro's Map (re-oriented, North at the top) unknown modern
249B Fra Mauro's Map, detail: China Fra Mauro/ Andrea Bianco 1459
249C Fra Mauro's Map Fra Mauro/Andrea Bianco modern
249D Fra Mauro's Map (re-oriented, North at the top) Fra Mauro/Andrea Bianco modern
249E Fra Mauro's Map Fra/Mauro/Andrea Bianco modern
250 (world map) unknown ca. 1460
251 The Zeitz Map
(oriented with South at the top)
unknown 1470
251A The Zeitz Map, Europe unknown 1470
252 Toscanelli's Chart (reconstruction) (Paolo Toscanelli) (1474) modern
252A Toscanelli's Chart (reconstruction) (Paolo Toscanelli) (1474) modern
252B Toscanelli's Chart (reconstruction) (Paolo Toscanelli) (1474) modern
253 Rudimentum Novitiorum, world map Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.A Rudimentum Novitiorum, detail, Asia Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.A1 Rudimentum Novitiorum, detail, Asia Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.A2 Rudimentum Novitiorum, detail, Asia Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.B Rudimentum Novitiorum, world map, detail, Europe Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.C Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.C1 Rudimentum Novitiorum, world map, detail, Europe Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.1 Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.1A Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.1B Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.1C Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.1D Rudimentum Novitiorum, Palestine Lucas Brandis de Schass 1475
253.2 Rust
254 Buondelmonde world map Christoforo Buondelmonde (1481)
255 Anonymous world map unknown ca. 1485
256 world map Henricus Martellus 1489
256A Martellus, detail: Africa Henricus Martellus 1489
256B Martellus, outline Henricus Martellus modern
256C Martellus 1489 world map Henricus Martellus (1489)
256D world map Henricus Martellus 1490
256E Martellus 1490 world map Henricus Martellus (1490)
256F Martellus/Rosselli 1490 world map Francesco Rosselli (1490)
257 The Christopher Columbus Chart Christopher Columbus ? 1490
257A The Christopher Columbus Chart", detail world map Christopher Columbus ? 1490
257B The Christopher Columbus Chart, detail: Africa Christopher Columbus ? 1490
257C The Christopher Columbus Chart, outline Christopher Columbus ? modern
258 Behaim's Globe Martin Behaim 1492
258A Behaim's Globe, detail: Mediterranean Martin Behaim 1492
258A1 Behaim's Globe, detail: Indian Ocean Martin Behaim 1492
258A2 Behaim's Globe, detail: Cipango [Japan],
Atlantic Ocean
Martin Behaim 1492
258A3 Behaim's Globe, detail: Cipango [Japan],
Atlantic Ocean
Martin Behaim 1492
258A4 Behaim's Globe, detail: Europe, Africa Martin Behaim 1492
258A5 Behaim's Globe gores: Atlantic Ocean Martin Behaim (1492)
258B Behaim's Globe, gores, Africa Martin Behaim (1492)
258C Behaim's Globe, gores, North Pole Martin Behaim (1492)
258D Behaim's Globe, gores Martin Behaim (1492)
258E Behaim's Globe, overlaid on modern world unknown modern
258E1 Behaim's Globe, overlaid on modern world unknown modern
258F Behaim's Globe, overlaid on modern world unknown modern
258G Behaim's Globe, sources unknown modern
258H Behaim's Globe, sources unknown modern
258I Behaim's Globe Martin Behaim/Dopplmyer (1492)
258J Behaim's Globe Martin Behaim (1492)
258K The World as known to Christian Europe in 1492 modern
259 The Laon Globe unknown (1493)
259A The Laon Globe unknown (1493)
260 Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi
(Nuremberg Chronicle)
Hartmann Schedel 1493
260A Liber chronicarum characters Hartmann Schedel 1493
260A1 Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi
(Nuremberg Chronicle)
Hartmann Schedel 1493
260B Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi
(Nuremberg Chronicle)
Hartmann Schedel 1493
260B1 Liber chronicarum characters Hartmann Schedel 1493
260C Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi
(Nuremberg Chronicle)
Hartmann Schedel 1493
260C1 Liber chronicarum characters Hartmann Schedel 1493
260C2 Liber chronicarum characters Hartmann Schedel 1493
260C3 Liber chronicarum characters Hartmann Schedel 1493
260C4 Liber chronicarum characters Hartmann Schedel 1493
260D Liber chronicarum Secunda etas Mundi
(Nuremberg Chronicle)
Hartmann Schedel 1493
261 Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi Johannes de Sacrobosco 1300-1500
261A Tractatus de Sphaera Mundi Johannes de Sacrobosco 1300-1500
262 Tang yixing shan he liangjie t'u
[Map of the two boundaries formed by mountains and reviers according to Yixing of the Tang]
263 Guijin hua yi quyu zongyao t'u
[General Map of the ancient and present territories of China and foreign countries]
264
265 Hindu/Buddist World modern
266 Hindu/Buddist World modern
267 Marathi World Map
268A Marathi World Map, detail
268B Marathi World Map

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