Marco Polo,14th-century Catalan Atlas. This image of the travels of Italian merchant Marco Polo (1254-1324) to China and back from 1271 to 1295,has been cropped from a page of the Catalan Atlas (1375). This 6-page atlas was produced on vellum by the Jewish cartographer Abraham Cresques. It was commissioned by the rulers of the Kingdom of Aragon (north-eastern Spain). Two pages are on cosmography,and four on geography. The pictures show biblical stories,rulers,cities,and mountains. The text is in Catalan. This gold leaf and hand-illuminated facsimile was produced in 1959 by Spanish scholars Joan Vernet and David Romano | |
Lizenzart: | Lizenzpflichtig |
Credit: | Science Photo Library / Library of Congress |
Bildgröße: | 3673 px × 2436 px |
Modell-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Eigentums-Rechte: | nicht erforderlich |
Restrictions: | - |