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Hereford Mappa Mundi Detail Africa
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Hereford Mappa Mundi Detail Africa

Africa Detail of the Hereford Map of the World, around 1280: South of the Nile River dwell strange people: Blemee (Blemyae, Blemmyes) with face in the chest, or at their shoulders (Isidore of Seville admitting these two kinds fo Blemmyae, but Kline guesses the shoulder-type is "Epiphagi"); Marmini Ethiopes (four-eyes), Agriophagi (their king have a single eye), Trocoditee (Troglodytes), Gangines Ethiopes,; and beasts: basiliscus (basilisk), etc.

Date
1280
Mapmaker / publisher
Richard of Haldingham
Archive
Wikimedia Commons
Type
map
Original size
1,016 × 1,672 pixels

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"Hereford Mappa Mundi Detail Africa" (1280). Richard of Haldingham, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hereford_Mappa_Mundi_Detail_Africa.jpg

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