Ravenna Cosmography

The Ravenna Cosmography (Latin: Ravennatis Anonymi Cosmographia, lit. "The Cosmography of the Unknown Ravennate") is a work describing the known world from India to Ireland, compiled by an anonymous cleric in Ravenna in around 700. It consists of five books describing Asia, Africa and Europe in prose and with lists of toponyms. Textual evidence indicates that the author may have used maps as source material.

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