2 Matching Annotations
  1. Dec 2019
  2. www.cresquesproject.net www.cresquesproject.net
    Panel III - The Cresques Project
    2
    1. bradjaso0023 05 Dec 2019
      The merchants that enter the land of the negroes of Gineva [Ghana] pass through this place; this pass is called Valley of Darcha.

      This statement reminds me of the Africans being starting trade with minerals. Specifically the Ethiopian people were seen as the hierarchy of trade in Africa. Mostly, due to the abundance of gold they acquired.

      AfricanTrade

    2. bradjaso0023 05 Dec 2019
      There is also the island of Canaria, thus named due to the multitude of dogs, big and strong

      Mansa Musa valued animals as well as the Island of Canaria similarly. Instead of dogs it was camels. These indigenous animals prompted many of the religious cultivation seen in the future.

      religiouscultivation

    Visit annotations in context

    Annotators

    URL

    cresquesproject.net/catalan-atlas-legends/panel-iii