File:EB 1911 Map Fig 9.png
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English: Caption: "Fig. 9.—T map from Isidor of Seville's Origines." A schematic Latin T&O map with East (Oriens) at the top, South (Meridies) at the right, West (Occidens) at the bottom, and North (Septentrio) at the left. The central sea is labeled "The Great Sea or Mediterranean" (Mare magnum sive mediterraneum). The continents are labeled along with the son of Noah credited with its settlement: Europe and Japhet (Europa. Iaphet.), Africa and Ham (Africa. Ham.), and Asia and Shem (Sem. Asia.). Jerusalem (Hierusalem) is placed near the center of the world in western Asia; the Garden of Eden (Paradisus) is placed in the Far East. |
| Date | circa 1911 (archetype circa 630) |
| Source | "Map" in the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th ed., Vol. XVII, p. 638. |
| Author | Anonymous. Presumably Emery Walker |
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