• darkdemize@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    15·
    2 months ago

    I was trying to figure out what that island labeled Zipangri was supposed to be. At first, I thought it might be Baja California mismapped as an island instead of a peninsula.

    A quick online search shows that is supposed to be Japan. Right off the coast of North America.

    • Peter1986C@lemmings.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      Let’s not forget that Europeans likely were not knowing California in the 16th century but knew Japan (from travel in the other direction).

  • Doll_Tow_Jet-ski@fedia.io
    11·
    2 months ago

    Interesting map! Cuba is the only place that appears there with its current name. Funny that the map marks cannibals in the current west of brazil

  • tallricefarmer@sopuli.xyz
    6·
    2 months ago

    It is kind of impressive they had this much mapped out when it hadn’t even been 50 years since Columbus’s first voyage.