Carta Pisana
The Carta Pisana is a map made at the end of the 13th century, about 1275-1300. It was found in Pisa, hence its name. It shows the whole Mediterranean, the Black Sea and a part of the atlantic coast, from the north of present-day Morocco (down to roughly the 33rd parallel north, with the town of Azemmour) to the present-day Netherlands, but the accuracy of the map is mostly limited to the Mediterranean. It is the oldest surviving nautical chart (that is, not simply a map but a document showing accurate navigational directions). It is a portolan chart, showing a detailed survey of the coasts, and many ports, but bears no indication on the topography or toponymy of the inland. On the map, North is on the top, in contrast to other maps of the same period such as the Hereford Mappa Mundi (ca.
Carta Pisana
The Carta Pisana is a map made at the end of the 13th century, about 1275-1300. It was found in Pisa, hence its name. It shows the whole Mediterranean, the Black Sea and a part of the atlantic coast, from the north of present-day Morocco (down to roughly the 33rd parallel north, with the town of Azemmour) to the present-day Netherlands, but the accuracy of the map is mostly limited to the Mediterranean. It is the oldest surviving nautical chart (that is, not simply a map but a document showing accurate navigational directions). It is a portolan chart, showing a detailed survey of the coasts, and many ports, but bears no indication on the topography or toponymy of the inland. On the map, North is on the top, in contrast to other maps of the same period such as the Hereford Mappa Mundi (ca.
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Carta Pisana est un carte anci ...... les côtes de la Méditerranée.
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La Carta Pisana es un mapa r ...... ncuentra en la parte superior.
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La Carta Pisana è una carta po ...... va all'interno dei continenti.
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The Carta Pisana is a map made ...... 00), where East is on the top.
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Carta Pisana est un carte anci ...... les côtes de la Méditerranée.
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La Carta Pisana es un mapa r ...... , el norte está en la parte su
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La Carta Pisana è una carta po ...... va all'interno dei continenti.
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The Carta Pisana is a map made ...... the Hereford Mappa Mundi (ca.
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