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
372 _getulla_: Gaetulia, Ptol. (IV, 6: 15 (FA15));=desert region S of
Morocco.
373 _tagase_: Dupl. of 371.
374 _temenadis_: Temenasin, CA;=?Tlemsen.
375 _Regnio de belemon_: Rex Belmarin, Bianco; “dynasty of Beni Marin
which ruled in Fez in the thirteenth century and at Tremcen [Tlemsen]
until 1407” (Simar, 295, from Santarem, iii, 368).
(D) Western Row of Names N of River Senegal
376 _Fisengan_: Ihsengam, Vilad.; “name now used by the negroes to
designate the sandy regions on the west bank of the Senegal” (La R., i,
134).
377 _uilodesci_: This name is so much like that of the map-maker, Mecia
de Viladestes, that one is almost tempted to believe that his signature
has somehow found its way as a place name to Leardo’s map.
378 _tasu_: =?
379 _mascarota_: Mascarota, CA; Masquarota, CE;=Tamgrut (La R., i, 137).
380 _agof_: =?
381 _dunardin_: ?Tarudant, Idrisi (Miller, Arab., 177);=?Tarudant.
382 _ubêda_: Ubaâduch, CA;=?
383 _altamar_: Alamara, CA; Zichialhamara, Con. (29);=the Saghuiet
el-Hamra in northern Rio d’Oro (La R., i, 134).
384 _safinet_(?): =?
XIV. North Africa
Mountains
To the mountain range of North Africa, a stock feature on medieval maps,
Leardo adds at random garbled Ptolemaic names.
385 _M^o. Jouis_: Dios vel Jovis Mons in Province of Africa (Tunisia),
Ptol. (IV, 3: 18 (FA13)), badly out of place;=?Jebel Zaghwan, SW of
Tunis (Müller, i, 635).
386 _M^o. galcas_: Zalacus Mons in Mauretania Caesariensis (Algeria),
Ptol. (IV, 2, 14 (FA12));=a part of the Lesser Atlas SW of Algiers (see
Müller, i, 601).
387 _M^o. usalatu|s_: Usalaetus Mons in Province of Africa (Tunisia),
Ptol. (IV, 3:18 (FA13));=Jebel Usselet near site of Hadrumetum (Müller,
i, 635).
388 _M^o. masarus_: Mampsarus Mons in Province of Africa (Tunisia),
Ptol. (l. c.).
389 _Mons. bur.ea_(?): Buzara Mons where Mauretania Caesariensis, the
Province of Africa, and Libya Interior meet, Ptol. (IV, 2:16; IV, 3:16
(FA13));=?Jebel bu-Kahil, S of Bu-Saada, Algeria (PW, iii, 1094).
390 _M^o flruxu_(?): Phrouraesus Mons in Mauretania Caesariensis
(Algeria), Ptol. (IV, 2:16 (FA12));=?Jurjura, SE of Algiers (Müller, i,
602).
391 _M^o. garis_: Garas Mons in Mauretania Caesariensis, Ptol. (l. c.).
392 _Alta mons_: Atlas Mons Minor on Atlantic coast of Mauretania
Tingitana (Morocco), Ptol. (IV, 1:2 (FA12)); see PW, ii, 2119.—
River
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