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Re Indian sailing vessel - see my comments above re Borobadur ship.
– Russell McMahon
Commented Jul 8, 2020 at 13:57
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I like it rotated the way Fra Maura did it originally, but I am a bit surprised that he did it that way. Usually I'm not used to modern-ish European maps treating south as "up" and north as "down".
– Panzercrisis
Commented Jul 8, 2020 at 15:48
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I don't think the standard of north as the top of the map was firmly established by that point. I've seen a map of southern Germany from around 1550 where south was at the top of the map. It confused me until I realized it that viewing it upside down made it look familiar to me.
– Kevin Peter
Commented Jul 8, 2020 at 19:25

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