Monday 23 July 2012

Rhodes or somewhere


Although the card was sent to me from China, after a lot of digging around the internet, I'm fairly sure this is a map of Rhodes drawn by Konrad von Grünenberg in his description of a journey from Kontantz to Jerusalem in the 15th century.

You can see a much larger version here.  I find it amazing that something like that can survive for 600 or so years.  I somehow doubt my postcard will make it that long.
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3 comments:

  1. What an interesting postcard! You always uncover the best finds!

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  2. Very nice map. It lasted so long, because at that time it was written on parchment, not on paper.

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  3. The detail on the card is awesome

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