The medieval 'New England': a forgotten Anglo-Saxon colony on the Black Sea--new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/medieval-new-england-black-sea.html …pic.twitter.com/SYxXUrw31i
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Lincolnshire & Yorkshire on a portolan chart of 1510, incl the lost 14thC port of Ravenserodd http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/unvbrit/p/001ege000002803u00006v00.html …pic.twitter.com/vwNPji8xqP
@caitlinrgreen Was it Wolley Jollen who vas vicar at Louth for 50 years! C1800?
@Tweets2CV Woolley Jolland? Yes, quite bonkers by all accounts too! Built a hermitage in the vicarage garden with a sheep bone floor!
One of the last maps to feature Porto di Susacho/Susaco, here named Suzako, published in 1769.pic.twitter.com/6QP5Dg0keL
Great, great indeed; this 18th century map proves important things regarding Crimea & North Caucasus. Nova Anglia is a fact.
can you please detect Suzako location on a modern Russian administrative map?
Brief discussion here: http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/05/medieval-new-england-black-sea.html#fn9 … . 2 of names on Crimea, 1 on Sea of Azov, 2 on NE Black Sea coast...
Dr.@caitlinrgreen Thanks,according to the note, Suzako is now: Novorossiysk, it's in: Krasnodar Krai, as I wrote to you, & that means a lot.
Well, according to von Klaproth in 1814; modern suggestions, without ref to von K, slightly different but same broad area.
Dr.@caitlinrgreen I depended on the 1769map,&I compared it w/ a modern administrative Russian map,&I found that Suzako is in Krasnodar Krai.
For interest, a portolan chart of the British Isles by Maggiolo Vesconte, 1510: http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/unvbrit/p/001ege000002803u00006v00.html …pic.twitter.com/ZHdTHuOxvn
It’s got the Midlands about right. East Anglia and North Walesmight be less happy, and they can forget about King John’s treasure, no longer lost in a non-existent Wash!
The Wash is circular and just below the Humber, but Lincolnshire is very thin! King's Lynn is marked in red, fwiw :)
Yes, when I wrote that I hadn’t read the bit about the different orientations. I realised afterwards I’d been maybe a bit unkind. Our brains are set with north at the top.
Indeed, it's odd to realise that maps meant to be read with north at the top are not the rule in the medieval period!
It’s actually lovely once one realises the possibilities. A tiny glimpse into another mindset.
@caitlinrgreen That is very interesting. Thank you very much for sharing.
@caitlinrgreen superb exhibition of maps, including #portolans at the Museum aan de Stroom in Antwerp at the mo. http://Www.mas.be
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