(_Cf._ reproduction in B. Mus., Add. mss., 11267, and
photographic copy in Map room). This map of Fra Mauro
of Murano, (near Venice), is usually understood to be a sort
of picture, not merely of the world as then known, but of
Prince Henry's discoveries in particular on the W. African
coast. From this point of view it is perhaps disappointing;
the inlet of the Rio d'Ouro(?), to the S. of the Sahara,
is exaggerated beyond all recognition; at the S. Cape (of
Good Hope) a great island is depicted, separated from the
mainland by a narrow channel--possibly Madagascar
displaced.


SKETCH-MAP OF FRA MAURO'S MAPPE-MONDE 304

As reduced and simplified in Lelewel's _Atlas_.
The corners of the table are filled up with four small
circles representing: (1) The Ptolemaic System in the
Spheres. (2) The lunar influences over the tides. (3) The
circles described in the terrestial globe. (4) A picture
of the expulsion from Eden, with the four sacred rivers.


MAP OF 1492 322

(B. Mus., Add. mss. 15760). This gives a general view
of the Portuguese discoveries along the whole W. coast of
Africa, and just beyond the Cape of Good Hope, which
was rounded in 1486.