Before it was defeated by the Goths, it was known as Crive Romove. Thomas founded it in this place, so that it was in contact with the church of Rome, and was subjected to Rome through Prester John of Africa. Once there was in Asia a Christian kingdom, known to Prester John, and D. In the vicinity of Mongolia or Northern China: Argon. The area from which the 10 tribes as allies living on this side of the mountain range have been called 900 years ago by the Persians to fight the armies of Ismael the Muslim. Since then they are called Gauths or Gauthens, confirming Gods highest glory, and here lies the splendid kingdom of Cathai. At the furthest extreme of northeastern Asia:ARSARETH: Here the ten tribes retreated, and changed from the Tatar or Tartar area to Scythia. Siberia:Tabor or Tybur, center of the area of the Tartars, where once the Holy Books got lost, yet they are united under one king, who in 1540 first reached France and king Franciscus, and later, at the initiative of Charles the Fifth was burnt at the stake for his heresy, because he had secretly endeavoured to convert Christian kings to the Jewish religion, about which he had spoken with Charles the Fifth. Paulus also says, but neither of the two tells about their number or location. In the ocean corresponding to the East Siberian Sea:The Scythian ocean, according to Pliny, has sweet water, and he also says it contains many islands, as M. A Text-Rich MapThe Asian portion of the map is heavily annotated, revealing much of Ortelius' sources: In Arctic Russia, beyond 70 degrees north: The Nephalites are named Neptali after one of the 10 tribes with a Hebrew name, and after the Danites, who by way of punishment were called the Danes of the dark North, and they were on account of the claims of Rachel Balbah placed to the side, in the area of the Hudores or Iehudeores in the year 476 they were victorious in their battle against Perosa. In the upper right, the Grand Duke of Muscovy sits in a splendid tent in Central Asia, another tent houses the Great Khan. The Pacific Ocean features a flying fish and a sailing ship plying the Strait separating Asia and America (something no European would do for centuries). Richly Decorative and EvocativeThe map is superbly engraved, with an elaborate strapwork-and-floral cartouche. The island of Antilla actually appears on many early portolan charts of the Atlantic, but as navigators explored more and more of that ocean and failed to discover the Antilla, the Seven Cities were relocated to the unexplored American southwest. They landed on an island in the Atlantic called 'Antilla.' There, each of the seven bishops established a city. It was said that when the Moors invaded Porto in the early 8th century, the city’s seven bishops took all of their wealth and fled to sea. The legend of the Seven Cities emerged in Europe long before Columbus, during the Moorish invasion of Spain. Treasure Cities in the AmericasNear America's peninsular California, six of the legendary Seven Cities of Gold are noted: Chicuich, Axa, Tiguas, Totonteas, Chicana, and Coana. The Pacific Ocean is optimistically narrow, particularly at the Strait of Asian separating the continents, encouraging the notion of a close connection between the Americas and the treasures of the orient. Ortelius' map is infused with considerable data from Marco Polo's 13th century voyages, but Ortelius also does much to reconcile the medieval knowledge of Asia with the 16th century revelations of the Western Hemisphere. A Groundbreaking MapThis is one of the earliest maps to attempt the mapping of northeast Asia: prior maps relied entirely on the information of ancient geographers, whose concrete data seldom reached beyond what is now considered Eastern Europe. In fact, much of the content north of China is mythical or loosely derived from the journals of Marco Polo, the legends of Prester John, and Biblical sources. The map is based on a partial conic projection, and depicts from the Black Sea to the Gulf of California, and from the Arctic to southern China, what Europeans then considered the extent of the Tartar Kingdom. It also displays a strait separating Asia and America - the Strait of Asian - appearing long before the existence of such a strait was proved by discovery. It is the earliest obtainable map to name California. The map includes what is now the west coast of the United States, northwestern Canada and Alaska, bit was then almost entirely unknown lands. While the map is primarily intended to detail Asia as dominated by the Great Khan, it is also notable for what it shows of America.
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