Index of maps relating to Gavin Menzies presentation in Beijing, March 22nd 2006
Part I
The Venetians and Portuguese claim they had maps of the whole world; The Portuguese took copies home from Venice in 1428.
Image 1 – Doges Palace world map
Image 2 – Roundel describing Nicola da Conti’ s contribution
Image 3 – Roundel describing Marco Polo’s contribution.
Part II
Maps of the New World which were published before Europeans reached the New World
Image 4a – Pizzigano (1424) – Guadeloupe
Image 4b – Pizzigano – Puerto Rico
Image 5 – Cantino (1502) Florida
Image 6 – Cantino (1502) Africa
Image 7 – Piri Reis (1573) Patagonia and Antarctic
Image 8 – Jean Rotz (1542) Australia
Image 10 – Waldseemueller (1507) Americas
Image 11 – Composite map
Part III
European world maps before European voyages of exploration
Image 12 – Globe – E Hemisphere
Image 13 – Globe – W Hemisphere
Image 15 – di Virga and E Hemisphere globe
Image 16 – The Waldseemueller 1507
Image 17 – The Waldseemueller latitudes and longitudes.
Image 17a – List of latitudes and longitudes.
Image 18 – Waldseemueller transferred to globe
Image 19 – Waldseemueller and W Hemisphere globe
Image 20 – di Virga, Waldseemueller and globes of E and W hemispheres.
Part IV
Chinese Cartography in the time of Zheng He
Image 21 – Memo 25 October 2005 – Zheng He’s inheritance: Kubilai Khans maps
Image 25a) b) c) d) e) – Chinese Cartography: (coloured in for ease of recognition)
25a) Hendon Harris map – English translation
25b) Hendon Harris map – David Deal’s interpretation
25c) Shanhai Yudi Quantu
25d) Rolando Chacon map
25e) 1418 / 1763 map
Part V
Liu Gang’s 1418 map
Image 27 – 1418 map on a globe chopped in half.
Image 28 – Hemispheres overlapped
Image 29 – Hemispheres transposed
Image 30 – Hemisphere of Americas with modern globe
Image 31 – East Hemisphere compared to modern globe
Part VII
European maps derived from 1418 map
Image 33 – Waldseemueller (1507)
Image 34 – Doges Palace (c1428)
Image 35 – The Pizzigano (1424)
Part VII and VIII
Image 36 – Why 1418 map cannot be a forgery?
Image 37 – Why 1763 map cannot be a forgery?
GAVIN MENZIES
LONDON
16th February 2006
