The Leardo Map of the World, 1452 or 1453 / In the Collections of the American Geographical Society

by John Kirtland Wright

Legend Between Rivers Ras and Tanai

41 Idolatri: On CE a legend applying to city of Castrema (see [15]) explains that idolaters there worship a metal idol without head or hands (Kret., CE, 210).

II. Far Eastern Asia

The surface of the map northwest of the Terrestrial Paradise has been rubbed in such a way that many of the names are illegible.

Mountains

The mountain system here corresponds essentially with that of CE; Ptolemaic names have been given to mountains and rivers.

42 sa ... s(?):=?

43 M^o. osmire(?): Asmiraei Montes in Serica, Ptol. (VI, 16: 2 (FA23));=?eastern end of T‘ien Shan with the small low hill chains to the south (PW, ii, 1702).

44 M^o. Tagurus: Tagurus Mons in Serica (Θάγουρον ὄρος), Ptol., l. c.

45 M^o. otorocoras: Ottorocoras Mons in Serica (ibid.).