Tachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to Maps@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months ago"The Excursion of One Eager to Penetrate the Distant Horizons" (نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق) also known as Tabula Rogeriana (c. 1154 CE)hexbear.netimagemessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up129arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up129arrow-down1image"The Excursion of One Eager to Penetrate the Distant Horizons" (نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق) also known as Tabula Rogeriana (c. 1154 CE)hexbear.netTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.net to Maps@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square4fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoBecause which direction is “up” and which direction is “down” on a map is completely arbitrary, and many cultures designated North as the “down” direction until a universal standard was adopted.
minus-squarenewerAccountWhoDis [they/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThe text on the top (bottom?) of the picture is upside down. Why did you upload it like this?
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoIt’s flipped to resemble a modern map. When Al-Adrisi made this map for Roger II of Sicily, he had South pointing up and North pointing down. Here it is “rightside up” (upside down to us today)
Because which direction is “up” and which direction is “down” on a map is completely arbitrary, and many cultures designated North as the “down” direction until a universal standard was adopted.
The text on the top (bottom?) of the picture is upside down. Why did you upload it like this?
It’s flipped to resemble a modern map. When Al-Adrisi made this map for Roger II of Sicily, he had South pointing up and North pointing down.
Here it is “rightside up” (upside down to us today)