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DescriptionPeriplus 100 Pomponius Mela World Map.png |
English: Caption: From Justus Perthes, Atlas Antiquus |
Date | |
Source | The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, p 100. |
Author | AnonymousUnknown author |
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Scythae [Scythians]
ASIA
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ORBIS TERRARUM SECUNDUM POMPONIUM MELAM (c. 44 p. Chr.)
[The World According to Pomponius Mela (c. 44 BC)]
Britannicus Oceanus [British Ocean]
Thyle [Thule]
SCYTHICUS OCEANUS [Scythian Ocean]
ATLANTICUS OCEANUS [Atlantic Ocean]
Aethiopicum Mare [Ethiopian Sea]
Persicus Sinus [Persian Gulf]
RUBRUM MARE ["Red Sea", intending the Erythraean Sea]
Indicus Oceanus [Indian Ocean]
EOUS OCEANUS [???]
Mare Caspium [Caspian Sea]
Seres [Northern China]
INDIA
AFRICA
Arabia
Taurus Mons [Taurus Mountains]
ANTICHTHONES [People from the Other Side]
(ANTOECI) [???]
EUROPA [Europe]
Ganges
Iuverna [Hibernia]
Britania [Britain]
Gallia [Gaul]
Sarmatia
Germania [Germany]
Arabicus Sinus ["Arabian Gulf," meaning the Red Sea]
Hesperides Insulae [Hesperides Islands]
Atlas Mons [Atlas Mountains]
Mauretania
Numidia
Africa
Aegyptus [Egypt]
Syria
Aethiopes [Ethiopians]
Pancha
Insula in qua feminae hirsutae [Island on which there are hairy women]
Meroe
Nilus [Nile]
Alexandria
Memphis [Cairo]
Indus
Parthia
Aria
Arachosia
Carmania
Gedrosia
Drangiana
Susis [Susa]
Persis [Persia]
Tabis Mons [Tabis Mountains]
Sacae [Saka]
Androphagi [Man-eaters]
Iaxartes
Sugdiana [Sogdiana]
Oxus
Hyrcania
Scythicum Promontorium [Scythian Cape]
Insulae Scythicae [Scythian Isles]
Chryse Insula [Gold Island]
Tamus Promontorium [Cape Tamus]
Argyre Insula [Silver Island]
Palibothri
Atrae genie [???]
Selis Insulae [Selis Island]
Taprobane [Sri Lanka]
aut grandis admodum insula [or another great island]
aut prima pars orbis alterius [or the first part of the other world]
Tigris
Euphrates
Babylun [Babylonia]
Assyria
Armenia
Amazones [Amazons]
Orcades [Orkneys]
Vistula
Cilicia
Miletus
Graecia [Greece]
Athenae [Athens]
Tyrus [Tyre]
Cretu [Crete]
Asia
Aegeum Mare [Aegean Sea]
Sinope
Pontus Euxinus [Black Sea]
Maeotis Palus ["Lake" Maeotis]
Olbiae [near Mykolaiv]
Thracia [Thrace]
Illyris [Illyria]
Adras [Adriatic Sea]
Sicilia [Sicily]
Italia [Italy]
Hispania [Spain]
Tarraca [Los Banales, near Barcelona]
Scythae Hyperborei [Scythia of the Hyperboreans]
Kaemodae [???]
Scandinavia [as an archipelago]
Codanus Sinus [Codan Gulf]
Albis [Elbe]
Hermiones
Rhenus [Rhine]
Massalia [Marseille]
Roma [Rome]
Danuvus sive Hister [Danube or Ister]
Aethiopia Hisperii [Ethiopia of the Hisperians]
Gaetuli [Gaetulians]
Media [land of the Medes]
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