Keywords: Cantinomap redsea persiangulf.jpg Enlarged detail showing Red Sea and Persian Gulf as viewed in 1502 in the Cantino World Map Most important manuscript map surviving from the early Age of Discovery the Cantino World Map is named for Alberto Cantino an Italian diplomatic agent in Lisbon who obtained it in 1502 for the Duke of Ferrara It incorporates extensive new geographical information based on four series of voyages Columbus to the Caribbean Pedro Álvarez Cabral to Brazil Vasco de Gama followed by Cabral to eastern Africa and India and the brothers Corte-Real to Greenland and Newfoundland Except for Columbus all had sailed under the Portuguese flag CantinoPlanisphere png 2009-12-12 13 35 UTC CantinoPlanisphere png Anonymous derivative work Uxbona <span class signature-talk >talk</span> zoom in of Cantino map the Red sea and Persian Golf CantinoPlanisphere png PD-old original upload log This image is a derivative work of the following images File CantinoPlanisphere png licensed with PD-Art PD-old 2007-07-01T05 35 29Z Tdmthomas 3528x1656 12458523 Bytes <nowiki> The most important manuscript map surviving from the early Age of Discovery the Cantino World Map is named for Alberto Cantino an Italian diplomatic agent in Lisbon who obtained it in 1502 for the</nowiki> Uploaded with derivativeFX Cantino map Old manuscript maps Persian Gulf Maps of the Red Sea 1502 1502 maps Fort of Our Lady of the Conception |