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The map is usually on display in the Biblioteca Nazionale Marciana in Venice in Italy. The Fra Mauro world map is a major cartographical work. [2] It took several years to complete and was very expensive to produce. The map contains hundreds of detailed illustrations and more than 3000 descriptive texts.
The Peace of Lodi, concluded in 1454, brought forty years of comparative peace to Northern Italy, [b] as Venetian conflicts focused elsewhere. [ c ] After the Treaty of Lodi , there was a balance of power resulting in a period of stability lasting for 40 years.
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.
1453 – 1832 Between 1453 and 1832 there was no independent Greek state. ... A map of the Kingdom of Italy within the Holy Roman Empire and within Europe circa 1000 ...
The history of Italy in the Middle Ages can be roughly defined as the time between the collapse of the Western Roman Empire and the Italian Renaissance. Late antiquity in Italy lingered on into the 7th century under the Ostrogothic Kingdom and the Byzantine Empire under the Justinian dynasty, the Byzantine Papacy until the mid 8th century.
The year when the Borgia map was created is unknown. One source argues that the map must date from sometime before 1453. [2] Another source suggests the map was made c.1450. [3] In the late 18th century the artifact found its way into an antique shop, from where it became part of the collection of Cardinal Stefano Borgia.
The Entry of Mehmed II into Constantinople.Work by French contemporary painter Benjamin-Constant.. Year 1453 was a common year starting on Monday of the Julian calendar, the 1453rd year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 453rd year of the 2nd millennium, the 53rd year of the 15th century, and the 4th year of the 1450s decade.
The Genoese map is a 1457 world map. The map relied extensively on the account of the traveler to Asia Niccolo da Conti , rather than the usual source of Marco Polo . [ 1 ] The author is not known, but is a more modern development than the Fra Mauro world map , with fairly good proportions given to each continents.