10-08-2016, 12:26 PM
Quote:Today one would say the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, Suez Canal, Aegean Sea, Turkish Straits, Black Sea, Kuma–Manych Depression, Caspian Sea, Emba River, and the Ural Mountains. The T&O map says "Mare magnum fiue"? Maremagnum is the Great Sea. Normally that would be the Atlantic, except the Atlantic is west of Europe and Africa. The map also has descriptors for the continents, looks like Sem, Cham, and Iafeth. Cham is Ham the son of Noah, see Hamitic. Iafeth is Japheth, see Japhetic. Sem is Shem, see Semitic. 75.15.198.35 (talk) 19:59, 28 December 2010 (UTC)Mare magnum sive Mediterraneum meaning "the great sea or Mediterranean". The Mare Magnum was the ancient name of the Med.
The text in the middle is "Mare magnum sive mediterraneum," meaning "great or inland sea." — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.130.188.90 (talk) 14:31, 26 August 2015 (UTC)
Cham, Shem and Japheth are the sons of Noah who colonised the different continents: Africa, Europe, Asia.
Pretty common TO nomenclature. In other maps the divisions between Europe / Asia are marked by the Black sea, and the division between Asia / Africa by the Nile.