The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453: In the Collections of the American Geographical SocietyWright, John Kirtland
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The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453: In the Collections of the American Geographical Society
Wright, John Kirtland
Early maps; Leardo, Giovanni
84 _f. Indicus_: The course of the Indus as Leardo draws it is derived
from Ptol. (VII, 1:2 (FA25)).
Edifices
85 _predon | corcon_(?): =?
86 _terisin|ti_(?): =?
87 _zatin_(?): ?Zayton, CA; Zaytom, CE; Zayton, Polo (ii, 234-237), an
important medieval Chinese seaport;=? See Yule, Polo, ii, 237-242;
Cordier, CA, 48-49.
88 _cansai_(?): Ciutat de Cansay, CA; Kinsay, Polo (ii, 185-193,
200-208, 215-216);=Hangchow (Yule, Polo, ii, 193; Cordier, CA, 41-42).
89 _India._
90 _R^o de col|onbi_: Pruuinesa Columbo, CA; Coilum, Polo (ii, 375-376);
see Hallb., 153-156;=Quilon (Yule, Polo, ii, 377-380).
91 _balesan_: Balaxan (Polo, Ramusio’s edit., 1583, according to Hallb.,
62); Cjutat de Baldassia, CA; Baldacia, CE;=Badakshan (see Yule, Polo,
i, 157-163).
92 _taseta_: ?Rey del Tauris, CA; Rey Tauris, CE;=Tabriz (Hallb.,
518-522).
Place Names on Coast
93 _penta_: Penta, next place E of Bangala, CA; Pentam, an island, Polo
(ii, 280); see also Hallb., 411-413;=Bintan (Yule, Polo, ii, 280);=“the
Be-Tumah (Island) of the Arab Navigators, the Tamasak Island of the
Malays; and, in short, the Singapore Island of our day” (G. E. Gerini,
in Journ. Royal Asiatic Soc., July, 1905, p. 509; see also Cordier, Ser
M. P., 105); Gerini, 740, suggests that Penta of CA “might have been the
historical continuation of the Ptolemaic” Pentapolis (Ptol., VII, 2:2),
which he places near the mouth of the Chittagong, at the head of the Bay
of Bengal.
94 _taine_: ‘cjutat de cayna | acj finis catayo,’ CA; see Cordier, CA,
39.
95 _bangala_: Bangala, CA; Polo (ii, 98-99);=Bengal.
96 _ianpa_: Janpa, CA; Chamba, Polo (ii, 266-268); see Hallb.,
173-174;=Annamite coast (Cordier, in Yule, Polo, ii, 270);=C‘ha-ban, the
ancient Cham capital (Gerini, 240).
97 _ligo_: Lingo, CA; ?Locac, Polo (ii, 276) (this identification
suggested by Pullé, CE, 46);=?Siam, Borneo, or Malay Peninsula (see
Yule, Polo, ii, 277-280; Hallb., 486; Cordier, Ser M. P., 104-105).
98 _macabin_: ?Mahabar, Mauro; Maabar, Polo (ii. 331-332);=Coromandel
Coast (Hallb., 320-323).
99 _gr_ ... (?): =?
100 _darsi_: =?
101 _caruzia_: =?
102 _butifilli_: Butifilis, CA; Mutfili, Polo (ii, 362);=Motupalli
(Yule, Polo., ii, 362).
103 _caclur_(?): =?
104 _coluto_: =Quilon (see also 90).
105 _cormos_: ?Hormuz (see 158) misplaced: “The c is constantly
substituted for an aspirate by the Italian travellers (e.g. Polo’s
Cormos for Hormuz)” (Yule, Cath., ii, 242). See Hallb., 242-246;=Ormuz.
106 _elli_: Elly, CA; Ely, Polo (ii, 385-386);=Mt. D’Eli or Delly (Yule,
Cath., iv, 74-75).
107 _maganor_: Manganor, CA;=Mangalore (Yule, Cath. iv, 73).
108 _diegei_: Diogil in interior of India, CA;=Deogiri, med. name of
Daulatabad (see Yule, Cath. i, 310; iv, 21).
109 _cora_: ?Cory Promontorium, Ptol. (VII, 1:11(FA25));=Cape Calymere
(E. H. Bunbury, A History of Ancient Geography (2 vols., London, 1879),
ii, 474).
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