The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453

NOTES

Reading edition

Figs. 2 and 3—Passages from mid-eighteenth century manuscripts in the Library of St. Mark’s, Venice, in which reference is made to a map by Giovanni Leardo, dated 1447. See note 4.

Illustration from The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453 In the Collections of the American Geographical Society

Fig. 2—from manuscript of the Doge Marco Foscarini.

Fig. 3—from manuscript of Giovanni Agostini.

Notes in this chapter

Note 4 · As much of this digit as remains might be the upper part of either a 2, a 3, or a 7. Since the Easter calendar begins with 1453 the date co