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| Keywords: WorldMapCosmasIndicopleustes.jpg World Map by Cosmas Indicopleustes The map is oriented with north to the top It shows a rectangular landmass in the middle of the World Ocean grc ꙌΚΕΑΠΟϹ Okeanos reflecting what Cosmas thought was the floor of the tabernacle-shaped universe The Roman Gulf i e Mediterranean is shown in the western half with indentations for the unmarked Adriatic and Aegean/Black seas Three further gulfs are shown the Caspian to the northeast and the Arabian i e Red Sea and Persian gulfs to the south Paradise is shown in the far east beyond the Ocean Four rivers run from it and cross under or through the Ocean to reach Asia and Africa Les Sciences au Moyen-Age Pour la Science 6th century map Cosmas Indicopleustes 6th century <gallery> EB 1911 Map Fig 6 png A simplified B W English version from the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th ed 's Map article </gallery> PD-Art ImageNote 1 943 491 62 117 1539 1208 2 ΤΙ<br>ΓΡ<br>ΙΣ<br>ΠΟ<br>ΤΑ<br>ΠΟ<br>Σ Tigris River ImageNoteEnd 1 ImageNote 2 812 493 75 113 1539 1208 2 ΕΥ<br>ΦΡ<br>ΑΤ<br>ΗΣ<br>ΠΟ<br>ΤΑ<br>ΠΟ<br>Σ<br> Euphrates River ImageNoteEnd 2 ImageNote 3 860 634 139 107 1539 1208 2 ΠΕΡΣΙΚΟΣ Persian Gulf ImageNoteEnd 3 ImageNote 4 304 566 314 50 1539 1208 2 ΡωΠΑΠΙΚΟΣ Roman Gulf Mediterranean Sea ImageNoteEnd 4 ImageNote 5 872 928 212 38 1539 1208 2 ΓΗωΠΠΟΤΑΠΟΣ Gehon R ImageNoteEnd 5 ImageNote 6 1142 582 111 141 1539 1208 2 Ꙍ O ImageNoteEnd 6 ImageNote 7 902 743 79 99 1539 1208 2 Κ ImageNoteEnd 7 ImageNote 8 381 727 115 109 1539 1208 2 ε ImageNoteEnd 8 ImageNote 9 95 304 107 125 1539 1208 2 Α ImageNoteEnd 9 ImageNote 10 842 157 294 111 1539 1208 2 ΠΟ ImageNoteEnd 10 ImageNote 11 369 151 109 109 1539 1208 2 Ϲ S ImageNoteEnd 11 ImageNote 12 1319 159 177 693 1539 1208 2 The Terrestrial Paradise ImageNoteEnd 12 Cosmas Indicopleustes Maps in Greek | ||||
