This map of the world drawn by Henricus Martellus in about 1491 was donated to Yale in 1962. Its faded condition has stymied researchers for decades
The multispectral image of the map reveals text and details invisible to the naked eye.
The multispectral images show previously lost details in Martellus' depiction Africa that suggest the German cartographer used data from African sources, not European explorations.
A text box in the Indian Ocean warns of the orca, "a sea monster that is like the sun when it shines, whose form can hardly be described, except that its skin is soft and its body huge."
This text found in northern Africa says "Here there are large wildernesses in which there are lions, large leopards, and many other animals different from ours."
Text in the southern Asia portion of the map describes the "Panotii" people, who purportedly had ears that were so large they could use them as sleeping bags.
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PinGGG!......................
2 posted on
06/12/2015 10:43:53 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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3 posted on
06/12/2015 10:47:14 AM PDT by
gorush
(History repeats itself because human nature is static)
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Text in the southern Asia portion of the map describes the "Panotii" people, who purportedly had ears that were so large they could use them as sleeping bags. Now we know where Obama's ancestors lived....................
4 posted on
06/12/2015 10:47:23 AM PDT by
Red Badger
(Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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...describe people as having ears so large that they could use them as sleeping bags.Obama?
5 posted on
06/12/2015 10:47:44 AM PDT by
Obadiah
(This is Bravo-6, we have Zips in the wire! I repeat, Zips in the wire.)
To: Red Badger
Thanks for posting this. Roger Easton is my brother.
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Obama’s progeny discovered.
8 posted on
06/12/2015 10:49:44 AM PDT by
Fester Chugabrew
(Even the compassion of the wicked is cruel.)
To: Red Badger
A few years ago, I read a book about the Dutch cartographer Mercator. Very fascinating read, so I also enjoyed having a read here as well.
9 posted on
06/12/2015 10:50:34 AM PDT by
OttawaFreeper
("Keeping your stick down used to be a commandment, but not anymore" Harry Sinden, 1988)
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Text in the southern Asia portion of the map describes the "Panotii" people, who purportedly had ears that were so large they could use them as sleeping bags. well, that helps settle some of Obama's ancestral lineage. ;)
13 posted on
06/12/2015 10:56:18 AM PDT by
TangibleDisgust
(The Parmesan doesn't go like that.)
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14 posted on
06/12/2015 10:57:44 AM PDT by
Kartographer
("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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This is truly a wondrous age we live in!
Thanks for the article.
16 posted on
06/12/2015 10:58:32 AM PDT by
antidisestablishment
(The last days of America will not resemble Rome, but Carthage.)
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Very cool. Having done a little navigation myself I am simply astounded at that feat of seamanship - these guys had no means of determining longitude and they still managed to end up pretty much where they intended. Once might be accident, twice luck, but four times is just amazing.
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In the recesses of a library basement in Hawaii, there is a filing cabinet with genealogical records indicating that the Great great great grandfather of Barack Obama on his mothers side was of the Panotiiae people Many believe the Panotii are the lost tribe later to surface in the Δ Quadrant as Ferengi
24 posted on
06/12/2015 11:29:58 AM PDT by
bert
((K.E.; N.P.; GOPc.;+12, 73, ..... No peace? then no peace!)
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Didn't Columbus believe he was going to India?
If he was using this map, he would have known India was far from the first landmass he would reach.
28 posted on
06/12/2015 12:16:21 PM PDT by
BitWielder1
(I'd rather have Unequal Wealth than Equal Poverty.)
To: Red Badger
...describes the "Panotii" people, who purportedly had ears that were so large they could use them as sleeping bags.
To: Red Badger
Very interesting. Thanks for posting.
38 posted on
06/12/2015 2:00:37 PM PDT by
onedoug
To: Red Badger
Really not that bad considering the time period and quality of info available.
47 posted on
06/12/2015 2:40:41 PM PDT by
The Cajun
(Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin, Mark Levin, Mike Lee, Louie Gohmert....Nuff said.)
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“We’ve recovered more information than we dared to hope for,”....
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How wonderful! Marvels of modern technology.
48 posted on
06/12/2015 2:55:03 PM PDT by
Bigg Red
(Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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Bullsh*t. It's Westeros!
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“Panotii” people, who purportedly had ears that were so large they could use them as sleeping bags.
Now that would be handy, so as to say. Fascinating post!!
55 posted on
06/12/2015 3:22:25 PM PDT by
JimSEA
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