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The Fra Mauro map is a map of the world made around 1450 by the Italian cartographer Fra Mauro, which is “considered the greatest memorial of medieval cartography." [ 1 ] It is a circular planisphere drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame that measures over two by two meters.
The Fra Mauro map was made between 1457 and 1459 by the Venetian monk Fra Mauro. It is a circular planisphere drawn on parchment and set in a wooden frame, about 2 metres (6 ft 7 in) in diameter. The original world map was made by Fra Mauro and his assistant Andrea Bianco, a sailor-cartographer, under a commission by king Afonso V of Portugal .
English: Nat Williams, James and Bettison Treasures Curator at the National Library of Australia, discusses the Fra Mauro Map of the World. Created by the monk Fra Mauro between 1390-1459, it is one of the most important and famous maps of all time and the crown jewel of the collections of the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice.
Bust of Fra Mauro. Fra Mauro, O.S.B. Cam., (c.1400–1464) was an Italian (Venetian) cartographer who lived in the Republic of Venice. He created the most detailed and accurate map of the world up until that time, the Fra Mauro map. Mauro was a monk of the Camaldolese Monastery of St. Michael, located on the island of Murano in the Venetian ...
The Fra Mauro Map (c. 1450) shows the "Island of Dragons" (Italian: Isola de' dragoni), an imaginary island in the Atlantic Ocean. [7] In an inscription near Herat in modern-day Afghanistan , Fra Mauro says that in the mountains nearby "there are a number of dragons, in whose forehead is a stone that cures many infirmities", and describes the ...
English: Map of the world by Venetian monk Fra Mauro. The image shows a reproduction made by W. Fraser made in 1806. The image shows a reproduction made by W. Fraser made in 1806. The map is orientated with south at the top.
Fra Mauro map: Fra Mauro: 1459 world map, considered the most accurate of its age. Fra Mauro had become familiar with the Near East in his travels as s soldier. [34] Shows the region of "Palestina" 1475: Berlinghieri map: Francesco Berlinghieri: Published in the Rudimentum Novitorium it was a version of Ptolemy's map, brought up to date. [35]
Fra Mauro map Creator Fra Mauro. Support as nominator Bewareofdog 21:54, 11 August 2007 (UTC) Oppose - The Fra Mauro mappa mundi is one of the most precious historical maps in the world. It was ordered by king Afonso V of Portugal but considered of little value because it didn't agree with the geographical knowledge of the world the Portuguese ...