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The De Virga world map was made by Albertinus de Virga between 1411 and 1415. The map contains a mention in small letters: :''"A. 141.. Albertin diuirga me fecit in vinexia" :"Made by Albertinius de Virga in Venice in 141.." (the last digit of the date is erased by a fold in the map) Albertinus de Virga, a Venetian, is also known for a 1409 map of the Mediterranean, also made in Venice. The map has been lost for eighty years. ==Structure== The map is circular with a diameter of 410mm. It is drawn on a piece of parchment 696x440 mm which also includes a calendar and two tables. One table was for calculating lunar changes, the other the date of Easter.〔De Smet, Antoine "Monumenta Cartographica Vetustioris Aevi, Vol. I. Mappaemundi. Mappemondes A. D. 1200-1500. Catalogue préparé par la Commission des Cartes Anciennes de l'Union Géographique Internationale by Marcel Destombes" ''Imago Mundi'' Vol. 22 (1968), pp. 121-126 ()〕 The map is oriented to the North, with a wind rose centered in Central Asia, possibly the observatory of Ulugh Begh in the Mongol city of Samarkand in Uzbekistan, or the western shore of the Caspian sea. The wind rose divides the map into eight sectors. The map is colored: the seas are left white, although the Red Sea is colored in red. Continental land is colored in yellow, and several colors are used for islands. The mountains are in brown, the lakes are in blue, and rivers are in brown. The extension shows a calendar with depictions of the signs of the zodiac and a table to calculate lunar positions. The map is generally consistent with the Fra Mauro map (1457), also drawn before the rounding of the Cape of Good Hope, currently on display in Venice. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「De Virga world map」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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