File:Monachus 1527 globe map 01.png

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English: A map of the world (c.1527) by Monachus showing two halves of the globe that he had constructed. For full descriptions of the globe see w:Franciscus Monachus.

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evropa (Europe), tartara (Russia), mongalla (Mongolia), asia (Turkey), arabia, persia, india, alia india ("Other India"; Malaysia), bergia (Siberia/the American South), tamago (China/Texas), colvacatia? (Dragon's Head peninsula/), baragva (Dragon's Head peninsula/Central America); dabaiba (Dragon's Head peninsula/Colombia); artas? (Dragon's Head peninsula/Venezuela); america (Dragon's Head peninsula/Brazil); barbaria (North Africa); affrca (Saharan Africa); egyptvs (Egypt & Sudan).

The South Atlantic and Antarctica marked with hec pars creis nobis navigationibvs detecta nvnovm? existe?.
Date circa 1527
date QS:P,+1527-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Reprinted in Discovery of North America by Henry Harisse (1892)
Author Franciscus Monachus (Francis the Monk)

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