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During the 12th and 13th century in Europe there was a radical change in the rate of new inventions, innovations in the ways of managing traditional means of production, and economic growth. In less than a century there were more inventions developed and applied usefully than in the previous thousand years of human history all over the globe.
13th; 14th; 15th; 16th; 17th; 18th; Pages in category "13th-century maps" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent ...
12th–13th century Dimasa Kingdom: various Kingdom 13th century–1832 Gahadavala dynasty: Banaras and Kannauj Kingdom 1089–1197 Gajapati Empire: Cuttack Empire 1434-1541 Garha Kingdom: Garha Kingdom 15th century–1781 Garhwal: Various Kingdom 888–1949 Golconda Sultanate: Golconda, Hyderabad Sultanate 1518–1687 Gurjara Pratihara Empire ...
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 ...
This quite basically presents the known world in its real geographic appearance which is visible in the so-called Vatican Map of Isidor (776), the world maps of Beatus of Liebana’s Commentary on the Apocalypse of St John (8th century), the Anglo-Saxon Map (ca. 1000), the Sawley map, the Psalter map, or the large mappae mundi of the 13th ...
13th-century people in Europe by country (1 C) 13th century in Poland (6 C, 20 P) 13th century in Portugal (4 C, 8 P) 13th century in Prussia (2 C, 1 P) R.
The map is based on traditional accounts and earlier maps such as the one of the Beatus of Liébana codex, and is very similar to the Ebstorf Map, the Psalter world map, and the Sawley map (erroneously for considerable time called the Henry of Mainz map). It is not a literal map, and does not conform to geographical knowledge of the time.
The map is very large – the full frame measures 2.4 by 2.4 metres (8 by 8 ft). This makes Fra Mauro's mappa mundi the world's largest extant map from early modern Europe. The map is drawn on high-quality vellum and is set in a gilded wooden frame. The large drawings are highly detailed and use a range of expensive colors; blue, red, turquoise ...