Map of Eastern Europe and the Byzantine Empire, Catalan Portolan chart, 1325. Creator: Pietro Vesconte.

Map of Eastern Europe and the Byzantine Empire, Catalan Portolan chart, 1325. Creator: Pietro Vesconte.

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Map of Eastern Europe and the Byzantine Empire, Catalan Portolan chart, c1321. From "Liber secretorum fidelium crucis" (the book of secrets for faithful crusaders) by Marino Sanudo, with maps by Pietro Vesconte. This was a treatise written for Pope John XXII in order to promote a crusade to the Holy land.


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Creator
  1. Pietro Vesconte, attributed to: Italian: Cartographer, mapmaker
People Related
  1. Marino Sanuto: Italian, Venetian: Statesman, geographer

Picture Type
  1. Map

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Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 5056x3451
File Size : 51,118kb


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  1. 1280000260
  1. 3-056-748
  1. 3056748


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