#framauro — Public Fediverse posts
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Lovely Peeps, #Travel for me is restricted to my armchair at the moment - but I have no excuse to not still learn about this big, beautiful world of ours. 😊
Especially if a monk in #Venice in the mid-fifteenth century could do it well enough to create a #map of the world that *remains a reference for research to this day*. 😲
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fra-mauro-map
#History #AtlasObscura #Cartography #FraMauro #Archeology #Medieval #MedievalHistory #Explorers #Legends #Mythology
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Somehow missed this until now... shared by a friend in Poland (sung in English but lyrics in description in Polish).
A one-man band giving a heartfelt tribute:
"When Idols are Gone" -
Il Mappamondo di Fra’ Mauro, databile all’anno 1450 ca., è uno dei più preziosi – e più noti – cimeli conservati nella Biblioteca Marciana di Venezia … https://cctm.website/il-mappamondo-di-fra-mauro-1450/
Fra Mauro (15th century – around 1459) was an Italian cartographer and monk of the Camaldolese order, author of the eponymous world map …
#framauro #mappamondo #bibliotecamarciana #venezia #cctmwebsite #anoipiaceleggere #leggere
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La più grande mappa medievale del mondo
#FraMauro #geografia #cartografia #mappe
Il mappamondo di Fra Mauro, completato dal monaco e cartografo nel 1459 d.C., è il compendio di tutta la conoscenza geografica dell'epoca ed è la più grande mappa...https://www.tiziano.caviglia.name/2024/04/09/la-piu-grande-mappa-medievale-del-mondo/12961/
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Fra Mauro's opinion on #Iceland from 1450. Pretty judgemental.
Source (you can zoom and translate): https://mostre.museogalileo.it/framauro/en/interactive-exploration/geographic-space/cartouches.html
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The 15th-Century Monk Who Crowdsourced A Map Of The World - Fra Mauro Was The Google Earth Of The 1450s
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fra-mauro-map <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #mappamundi #crowdsourcing #framauro #venice #venezia #monk #map #cartography #global #worldmap #historicmap #history #medieval #trading #commerce #shipping #portugal #portguese #socialnetworking #seafarers #geography #cartography #cartographer #exploration #monk #1450s #annonations #mapmakers #mapmaking #ageofexploration -
The 15th-Century Monk Who Crowdsourced A Map Of The World - Fra Mauro Was The Google Earth Of The 1450s
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fra-mauro-map <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #mappamundi #crowdsourcing #framauro #venice #venezia #monk #map #cartography #global #worldmap #historicmap #history #medieval #trading #commerce #shipping #portugal #portguese #socialnetworking #seafarers #geography #cartography #cartographer #exploration #monk #1450s #annonations #mapmakers #mapmaking #ageofexploration -
The 15th-Century Monk Who Crowdsourced A Map Of The World - Fra Mauro Was The Google Earth Of The 1450s
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fra-mauro-map <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #mappamundi #crowdsourcing #framauro #venice #venezia #monk #map #cartography #global #worldmap #historicmap #history #medieval #trading #commerce #shipping #portugal #portguese #socialnetworking #seafarers #geography #cartography #cartographer #exploration #monk #1450s #annonations #mapmakers #mapmaking #ageofexploration -
The 15th-Century Monk Who Crowdsourced A Map Of The World - Fra Mauro Was The Google Earth Of The 1450s
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https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/fra-mauro-map <-- shared technical article
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #mappamundi #crowdsourcing #framauro #venice #venezia #monk #map #cartography #global #worldmap #historicmap #history #medieval #trading #commerce #shipping #portugal #portguese #socialnetworking #seafarers #geography #cartography #cartographer #exploration #monk #1450s #annonations #mapmakers #mapmaking #ageofexploration