Tachanka [comrade/them] to Maps • 7 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)imagemessage-square4 fedilinkarrow-up129file-text
arrow-up129image"The Excursion of One Eager to Penetrate the Distant Horizons" (نزهة المشتاق في اختراق الآفاق) also known as Tabula Rogeriana (c. 1154 CE)Tachanka [comrade/them] to Maps • 7 months agomessage-square4 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]hexagonhexbear4·7 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. link
minus-squarenewerAccountWhoDis [they/them]hexbear4·7 months agoThe text on the top (bottom?) of the picture is upside down. Why did you upload it like this? link
minus-squareTachanka [comrade/them]hexagonhexbear2·7 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. Show Here it is "rightside up" (upside down to us today) Show link
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)