Paolo Toscanelli, Letter to Fernão Martins (Epistola ad Fernam Martins)
Proposes the westward sea route 'to the land of spices', which is shorter than the route by Guinea, describing the riches of the Indies and Cathay; sent later to Columbus.
- Language
- Latin
- Date
- 1474 CE
- Author
- Paulus Florentinus
- Text
- not yet digitised (catalogue entry)
Translations (1)
- Toscanelli and Columbus — English, not yet digitised