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
336 _M^o. deo ue | chulum_(?): ?Deorum Currus Mons in Libya Interior,
Ptol. (IV, 6:9 (FA15)); farthest point south on W coast of Africa
reached by Hanno;=Mt. Sagres in Sierra Leone (Vivien de St. Martin,
394-396);=Cameroons Mountain (see articles by J. de Hart in Journ.
African Soc., xxv, 1926, 264-277 (noted in Geogr. Rev., xvi, 1926,
661-662), and by R. Hennig in Geogr. Zeitschr., xxxiii, 1927, 378-392).
Island
337 _y^a. de prenje_: ?Insula Palola, Carignano, Piz. (Fischer, 141);=?
Rivers, Lake, Seacoast
338 The upper course of the Nile with the great lake and its tributaries
rising in the Mountains of the Moon (334) corresponds essentially to CE
(Kret., CE, 89-91); CE, however, shows a subterranean passage of the
river W of Meroe. On ancient and medieval theories regarding the course
of the Nile, see Simar, passim; Langenmaier, 47-48; Wright, Lore,
304-306. See also 312, 334.
339 The bay with the red, cross-shaped island is represented on CE by an
island in the delta of the West-African river.
Desert
340 _mare | arenoxe_ (Sandy Sea): On CE there are two legends indicating
sandy areas in West Africa (Kret., CE, 96).
Edifices
(A) North of Nile-Senegal
341 _R^o doga|n ._(?): ?Organa, CA; Rey dOrgana, CE;=empire of Ghana or
Kanem (La R., i, 136).
342 _R^o....._(?): =?
343 _almesia_: Almesia, CA;=Mzab (La R., i, 136).
344 _ma .._ (?): =?
(B) South of Nile-Senegal
345-349 Illeg.
350 _R^o m...|nel_(?): =?.
351 Illeg.
Place Names
(A) Between Mt. Bardtion and the Mountains of the Moon
352 _elcor_(?): Probably an Arabic name with article, el;=?
353 _anesa_: =?
354 _elundia_: see 352;=?
355 _dendenie_: ?Dendi of Antony Malfant’s narrative of a voyage to Tuat
in 1447 (La R., i, 154).
356 _dris|na_: =?
357 _solla_: Soll, CE; ?Sala, Idrisi;=?Sele, S of Timbuktu (Miller,
Arab., 162).
358 _burga_: Burga, CE, a mountain in Gotonye, Con. (34);=?Burda,
“mountain region of the Sudan E of river Shari, which flows into Lake
Chad, and S of town of Kengas” (Jiménez de la Espada, 186).
359 _quilan_: Quilam, CE;=?
(B) North of Headwaters of the Nile
360 _ganugia_: ?Geugeu, CA;=Gâo (La R., i, 136).
361 _geuene_: Ginyia, CA; Guineua, CE;=Ghana (La R., i, 135; Kret., CE,
96-97).
362 _atelas_: =?
363 _ansica_: Anzicha, CA;=In Ziza (La R., i, 136, 138).
364 _tablet_: Tabelbelt, CA; Tibalbert, Con. (30);=Tabelbert (La R., i,
118).
365 _artixe_: =?
366 _tocor_: Tacort, CA;=Tuggurt (La R., i, 136). See also 368.
(C) Eastern Row of Names N of River Senegal
367 _tutega_: Tutega, Vilad.;=Tijikja (La R., i, 135).
368 _tocor_: Dupl. of 366.
369 _udam_: Sudan, CA;=Sudan (La R., i, 136).
370 _tusont_: =?
371 _tagaza_: Tagaza, CA;=Teghaza (La R., i, 136). See also 373.
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