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

by John Kirtland Wright

372 getulla: Gaetulia, Ptol. (IV, 6: 15 (FA15));=desert region S of Morocco.

373 tagase: Dupl. of [371].

374 temenadis: Temenasin, CA;=?Tlemsen.

375 Regnio de belemon: Rex Belmarin, Bianco; “dynasty of Beni Marin which ruled in Fez in the thirteenth century and at Tremcen [Tlemsen] until 1407” (Simar, 295, from Santarem, iii, 368).

(D) Western Row of Names N of River Senegal

376 Fisengan: Ihsengam, Vilad.; “name now used by the negroes to designate the sandy regions on the west bank of the Senegal” (La R., i, 134).

377 uilodesci: This name is so much like that of the map-maker, Mecia de Viladestes, that one is almost tempted to believe that his signature has somehow found its way as a place name to Leardo’s map.

378 tasu: =?

379 mascarota: Mascarota, CA; Masquarota, CE;=Tamgrut (La R., i, 137).

380 agof: =?