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A V-in-square map with all four edges correctly labelled by cardinal direction and the continents identified with Noah's sons and their climates (temperate Asia, frigid Europe and hot Africa). The V-in-square (or V-in- ) map is a highly schematic type of mappa mundi (world map) in use in Europe during the Middle Ages.
The map is currently in use in the article Late Middle Ages. Nominated by Lampman Talk to me! 16:34, 28 March 2008 (UTC) Comments. Map ought be in vector form. This is not too tough, if we can use one of the many blank svg maps and add on the trade routes on top. If you're not familiar with svg, I can probably do it for you.
Print/export Download as PDF; ... Late Middle Ages — 1301–1600 AD; 14th, 15th, 16th Centuries; Category:Historic maps of Europe; Category:Maps of Europe ...
Montage of 8 pages (the third to sixth leaves) of the original 1375 Catalan Atlas Detail of the Catalan Atlas, the first compass rose depicted on a map. The Catalan Atlas (Catalan: Atles català, Eastern Catalan: [ˈatləs kətəˈla]) is a medieval world map, or mappa mundi, probably created in the late 1370s or the early 1380s (often conventionally dated 1375), [1] [2] that has been ...
Tabula Peutingeriana (section of a modern facsimile), top to bottom: Dalmatian coast, Adriatic Sea, southern Italy, Sicily, African Mediterranean coast. Tabula Peutingeriana (Latin for 'The Peutinger Map'), also referred to as Peutinger's Tabula, [1] Peutinger tables [2] or Peutinger Table, is an illustrated itinerarium (ancient Roman road map) showing the layout of the cursus publicus, the ...
In classical antiquity, Europe was assumed to cover the quarter of the globe north of the Mediterranean, an arrangement that was adhered to in medieval T and O maps. Ptolemy's world map of the 2nd century already had a reasonably precise description of southern and western Europe, but was unaware of particulars of northern and eastern Europe.
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The late Middle Ages or late medieval period was the period of European history lasting from 1300 to 1500 CE. The late Middle Ages followed the High Middle Ages and preceded the onset of the early modern period (and in much of Europe, the Renaissance ).