Why the rosettes image may not be a map at all

[Linda]

I'm part of the map crowd I guess, although I'm open to it containing other layers of info and correlations thereof.

Does this
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not resemble this
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to others, but with the actual pillars obscured? (The pillars being the rock of Gibraltar and Ceuta at the very bottom of the satellite view)
[url=https://www.google.ca/maps/@35.8765465,-5.47504,90771a,20y,270h/data=!3m1!1e3][/url]

This would go along with the sun being the west setting sun, to go along with the westernmost point of the Mediterraean Sea.

The outline thereof would have been known for at least 100 years from Portolan Maps such as this 1321 Vesconte version


Or the 1290 Carta Pisana



Also, do the decorative elements of the rosette with the layers of rounded mounds and "hairs" coming off them not resemble the mountains in this Beatus Map sketch? and thus could be meant to show mountains in this area, such as the Atlas range, which is what the pillars also are part of? The Beatus map also shows a circle shaped group of mountains in that area with a blank spot between (bottom, east is up). 

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The crescents in the Rosette and the "guns" coming off the rosette further down in the view could be political/religious icons. in 1415 Ceuta was conquered by the Portuguese.

Coat of Arms of Ceuta is that of Portugal: note the 5 dots/5 shields configuration especially in comparison with the "guns". These dots have Christian meaning. The seven castles represent Moorish fortifications conquered by the Portuguese in the 12th century.

13th century depiction of a 10th century Moorish battle: note the crescents on the shield



If not any of these correlations, then what in particular do these things show in terms of the planetary view or in other interpretations? There are buildings there too, to the right of the rosette, so the "Earth" rosette (with T-O map) as mentioned, would not be the only populated area.