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The making of the map was a major undertaking and the map took several years to complete. The map was not created by Fra Mauro alone, but by a team of cartographers, artists, and copyists led by him and using some of the most expensive techniques available at the time. The price of the map would have been about an average copyist's annual ...
The 1450s decade ran from January 1, 1450, to December 31, 1459. Events. 1450. January–December. February 7 – John de la Pole, 2nd Duke of Suffolk ...
1450 William Catesby, politician (died 1485); 1451 5 March – William Herbert, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (died 1491) 1 June – Giles Daubeney, 1st Baron Daubeney, soldier, diplomat, courtier and politician (d.
The map covers over five square meters. The map is extremely detailed and contains many thousands of texts and illustrations. The world map took several years to complete and was the most detailed and accurate world map that had been produced up until that time. Fra Mauro created the map under a commission by King Afonso V of Portugal.
Map of Maximus Planudes (c. 1300), earliest extant realization of Ptolemy's world map (2nd century) Gangnido (Korea, 1402) Bianco world map (1436) Fra Mauro map (c. 1450) Map of Bartolomeo Pareto (1455) Genoese map (1457) Map of Juan de la Cosa (1500) Cantino planisphere (1502) Piri Reis map (1513) Dieppe maps (c. 1540s-1560s) Mercator 1569 ...
1450s in the Holy Roman Empire (3 C, 5 P) I. 1450s in Ireland (2 C, 9 P) O. 1450s in the Ottoman Empire (9 C, 6 P) P. 1450s in Portugal (5 C, 1 P) S. 1450s in ...
Map of the Near East in 1450 BCE. The 1450s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1459, BC to December 31, 1450, BC. Millennium; 2nd millennium ...
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