Bruno Maçães@MacaesBruno·Jan 15, 2022This is Mombasa in a European illustration from 1570. The very first Europeans found a city remarkably similar to their own626184
Bruno Maçães@MacaesBruno·Jan 15, 2022Replying to @vgrIt isn’t perfectly accurate - stylised - but it is based on descriptions by people who were there1
Venkatesh Rao@vgrReplying to @MacaesBrunoI suspect some projection/interpolation in the stylized look. Like Durer’s rhino, or Buddha being depicted as Chinese in China etc. It does not look like the Islamic + East African look I’d expect of the period.9:23 PM · Jan 15, 20223 Likes