THE FRA MAURO MAP THE WORLD IN 1450

The Fra Mauro Map represents the last word on medieval map making, the last great map made before the voyages of Columbus showed that there was much more to the world than the ancients understood.

Fra Mauro was an Italian monk who resided on the Venetian island of Murano. He based his map mainly on other maps collected in Venetian libraries, although he also had conversations with many experienced sailors.

He was a man of the Renaissance in his intimate knowledge of the classics and his belief that modern knowledge surpassed them..