The map was made for Roger, king of Sicily. The red lines are trade routes. This is a reproduction kept in UAE’s Sharjah Museum.
The map was made for Roger, king of Sicily. The red lines are trade routes. This is a reproduction kept in UAE’s Sharjah Museum.
he he, yeah. Italy doesn’t have much a boot either! That was 900 years ago, they thought the world was flat. The maker got his information by asking travellers. It’s amazing that he got as close as he did.
That’s in fact a myth.
https://www.thoughtco.com/did-medieval-people-believe-in-a-flat-earth-1221612
That’s in fact a myth.
https://www.thoughtco.com/did-medieval-people-believe-in-a-flat-earth-1221612
Ancient Greece proved the world was round. People 900 years ago knew it was round, too.