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Mapa mondi (Catalan Atlas of 1375), Majorcan cartographic school, and 14th century Asia a a

Oriental Institute, Czech Academy of Sciences, Praha, Czechia (Czech Republic); vliscak@orient.cas.cz; vliscak@gmail.com

Abstract: This paper deals with the Mapa mondi drawn and written in about 1375. It is my starting study about this

with some de- -ham (1325- of

Keywords:

1.

Introduction

published of the four mographers and navigational instrument- fl and 30). ymage del món e de les diverses etats del món e de les regions que són sus la terra de diverses maneres de gen t it]. privileges and p proba- oth- repre

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himself mundi exemplified by its legends and illustrations. The result is that the atlas represents a transitionary step towards the world maps developed later during the 2.

Facsimiles and editions

In ion by 51
-52) s a bilingual edition in on various aspe 1975)
a spondent translations into Catalan. The head of the e rights of the trans by al. 2005 and 2008) 3.

The arrangement of the atlas

(1338 map in tableaus made in a man- tables painte et rondeaux folded down the middle. They are -sheet is mounted on one ed on the

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orientation of this map must be understood from its essential part. The map -table of a ship and always was was not intended as a portolan for daily use but instead -sheets. southern orientation with the order of sheets I-II-VI-V- IV- arrangement in northern orientation with the order of

The first two sheets

useful inf ed by the four tant undoubtedly pre- extending the range of the portol 4.

Content of the Catalan Atlas

4.1 Sheets III and IV

very important of them are the sheets III and I represent all terranean

In the western part of the atlas (half-

labe- eight- graph: Tramun

Magistro (N-

ear in atlas are 51)
- idorus

Insula de montonis siue de bra-

-298). sheets (half- repeating in other maps of the Cat

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drawing together with two short but very approximate legends. The drawing represents a vessel sailing southwest of the Canary Islands with the flag of the hes.] the routes from M -75) any representation of earlier times.

4.2 Sheets V and VI

del are the Cas- hrough India (les e world of rumors and reports of w the

Catalan tradition with re

Illa Iana (= Iaua)

-138)

4.3 Sheets I and II

- on the sheets I and II onsisting of thirty- for a few years. -15) 5.

Asia in the Catalan Atlas

5.1 India and the Silk Road

sheets Vb and VIa) has on e outstand is the portrayal - for the first time - of the Indian

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outh India. and the division of India on the north a number of states and after 1336 by a powerful

Vijayanagara empire (1336-

undred foot soldiers. In this part of the land there is a lot of gold and ed.

72:10-11)

Tar-ˇ ʩʑ ˇʍʸʔˢ

w st frequently as a

Tastu (1839) is erro

-131): to Catayo.]

Next to this grou

l this d -ride or wanders away told about this desert.] ⱝ⨼ or now largely dried--

5.2 Catayo in the Catalan Atlas

1285-
- there are some (Catayo) mapped in the sheet VI. This part was probably maps - e areas.

For a similar purpose serves also vegetation.

in-is Catayo) is the river Indus (flum

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5.2.1 A portrait of Qubilai Khan

tion of half-

Mongol emperor of China in 1271

5.2.2 Chanbalech, the city of Khan

(or Dai-኱㒔 highlights - alongside the long text - a triple labeled name: e ay I gran tora en que sta un seyn que sona apres u son e abans. twenty-four leagues and is fortified with good walls. It is lve gates and a large o- beuen de

5.2.3 Southern parts of Catayo

least that his informants were interested from a maritime point of view. The au- (half-sheet VIa): a) - b) - (in differ d) Chianfuy - e) -

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f) - - in the form - from Mar g) Calaian - ኱⌮ᅧ-12 6.

Conclusion

availab the northern and number of hi of the Tartars. Though drawings of men and animals still figure on this thirty years have published hundreds of pages of their studies. the texts in this Cata 7.

Acknowledgements

Fellowship (እ஺㒊ࠕ⮹⅂⊼ຓ㔠ࠖ) 2016. 8.

References

-folio -66. ndi: the Catalan -33.

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