Timeline for When the Portuguese began the exploration of the West African Coast, did they believe the Indian Ocean was an enclosed sea?
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| Jul 8, 2020 at 19:25 | comment | added | Kevin Peter | 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. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 15:48 | comment | added | Panzercrisis | 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". | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 13:57 | comment | added | Russell McMahon | Re Indian sailing vessel - see my comments above re Borobadur ship. | |
| Jul 8, 2020 at 7:44 | history | edited | gktscrk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Jul 7, 2020 at 10:16 | history | answered | gktscrk | CC BY-SA 4.0 |