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Voyage of the Zeno brothers

Index Voyage of the Zeno brothers

The Zeno brothers, Nicolò (c. 1326 – c. 1402) and Antonio (died c. 1403), were Italian noblemen from the Republic of Venice who lived during the 14th century. [1]

Table of Contents

  1. 51 relations: Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, Andrea di Robilant, Atlantic Ocean, Bressay, Carlo Zeno, Carta marina, Christopher Columbus, Claudius Clavus, Cornelis Anthonisz., County Kerry, Crusades, East Frisia, England, Fair Isle, Faroe Islands, Flanders, Foula, Friesland, Frisland, Gerardus Mercator, Germany, Great Britain, Greenland, Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Herbert Wrigley Wilson, Hoax, Holy Land, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Koroni, Labrador, Lerwick, Mainland, Orkney, Methoni, Messenia, Netherlands, Nicolò Zen the younger, North America, North Frisia, Olaus Magnus, Phantom island, Republic of Venice, Richard Henry Major, Rosslyn Chapel, Shetland, St Kilda, Scotland, Venice, Vladimir Nabokov, Voyage of the Zeno brothers, William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness, ... Expand index (1 more) »

  2. Explorers from the Republic of Venice
  3. House of Zeno

Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle

Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle is a novel by Vladimir Nabokov published in 1969.

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Andrea di Robilant

Andrea di Robilant (born 13 February 1957) is an Italian journalist and writer.

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Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's five oceanic divisions, with an area of about.

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Bressay

Bressay is a populated island in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland.

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Carlo Zeno

Carlo Zeno (or Zen) (1333 – 8 March 1418) was an Italian admiral from Venice, who is considered a hero of the War of Chioggia against the Republic of Genoa. Voyage of the Zeno brothers and Carlo Zeno are 14th-century Venetian people and House of Zeno.

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Carta marina

(Latin for Marine map and description of the Northern lands; commonly abbreviated) is the first map of the Nordic countries to give details and place names, created by Swedish ecclesiastic Olaus Magnus and initially published in 1539.

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Christopher Columbus

Christopher Columbus (between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

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Claudius Clavus

Claudius Clavus (Suartho) also known as Nicholas Niger, (Claudius Claussøn Swart), (born 14 September 1388), was a Danish geographer sometimes considered to be the first Nordic cartographer. Voyage of the Zeno brothers and Claudius Clavus are 15th-century deaths.

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Cornelis Anthonisz.

Cornelis Anthonisz., Anthonisz.

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County Kerry

County Kerry (Contae Chiarraí) is a county on the southwest coast of Ireland, within the province of Munster and the Southern Region.

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Crusades

The Crusades were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period.

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East Frisia

East Frisia or East Friesland (Ostfriesland;; Aastfräislound) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Fair Isle

Fair Isle (Friðarey; Fara), sometimes Fairisle, is the southernmost Shetland island, situated roughly from the Shetland Mainland and about from North Ronaldsay (the most northerly island of Orkney).

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Faroe Islands

The Faroe or Faeroe Islands, or simply the Faroes (Føroyar,; Færøerne), are an archipelago in the North Atlantic Ocean and an autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Flanders

Flanders (Dutch: Vlaanderen) is the Dutch-speaking northern portion of Belgium and one of the communities, regions and language areas of Belgium.

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Foula

Foula, located in the Shetland archipelago of Scotland, is one of the United Kingdom's most remote permanently inhabited islands.

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Friesland

Friesland (official Fryslân), historically and traditionally known as Frisia, named after the Frisians, is a province of the Netherlands located in the country's northern part.

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Frisland

Frisland, also called Frischlant, Friesland, Frislanda, Frislandia, or Fixland, is a phantom island that appeared on virtually all of the maps of the North Atlantic from the 1560s through the 1660s.

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Gerardus Mercator

Gerardus Mercator (5 March 1512 – 2 December 1594) was a Flemish geographer, cosmographer and cartographer.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Great Britain

Great Britain (commonly shortened to Britain) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean off the north-west coast of continental Europe, consisting of the countries England, Scotland and Wales.

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Greenland

Greenland (Kalaallit Nunaat,; Grønland) is a North American island autonomous territory of the Kingdom of Denmark.

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Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney

Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney, Lord of Roslin was a Scottish noblesse. Voyage of the Zeno brothers and Henry I Sinclair, Earl of Orkney are pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact.

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Herbert Wrigley Wilson

Herbert Wrigley Wilson (1866 – 12 July 1940), known often only as H. W. Wilson, was a British journalist and naval historian.

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Hoax

A hoax is a widely publicised falsehood so fashioned as to invite reflexive, unthinking acceptance by the greatest number of people of the most varied social identities and of the highest possible social pretensions to gull its victims into putting up the highest possible social currency in support of the hoax.

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Holy Land

The Holy Land is an area roughly located between the Mediterranean Sea and the eastern bank of the Jordan River, traditionally synonymous both with the biblical Land of Israel and with the region of Palestine.

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Iceland

Iceland (Ísland) is a Nordic island country between the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge between North America and Europe.

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Ireland

Ireland (Éire; Ulster-Scots: Airlann) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in north-western Europe.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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Koroni

Koroni or Corone (Κορώνη) is a town and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Labrador

Labrador is a geographic and cultural region within the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.

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Lerwick

Lerwick (or; Leirvik; Larvik) is the main town and port of the Shetland archipelago, Scotland.

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Mainland, Orkney

The Mainland, also known as Hrossey and Pomona, is the main island of Orkney, Scotland.

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Methoni, Messenia

Methoni (Μεθώνη), formerly Methone or Modon (Modon), is a village and a former municipality in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece.

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Netherlands

The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country located in Northwestern Europe with overseas territories in the Caribbean.

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Nicolò Zen the younger

Nicolò Zen the Younger (1515–1565) was a Venetian senator. Voyage of the Zeno brothers and Nicolò Zen the younger are House of Zeno.

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North America

North America is a continent in the Northern and Western Hemispheres.

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North Frisia

North Frisia (Low German: Noordfreesland) is the northernmost portion of Frisia, located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, between the rivers Eider and Wiedau.

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Olaus Magnus

Olaus Magnus (born Olof Månsson; October 1490 – 1 August 1557) was a Swedish writer, cartographer, and Catholic clergyman.

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Phantom island

A phantom island is a purported island which was included on maps for a period of time, but was later found not to exist.

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Republic of Venice

The Republic of Venice, traditionally known as La Serenissima, was a sovereign state and maritime republic with its capital in Venice.

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Richard Henry Major

Richard Henry Major (October 3, 1818 – June 25, 1891) was a geographer and map librarian who curated the map collection of the British Museum from 1844 until his retirement in 1880.

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Rosslyn Chapel

Rosslyn Chapel, formerly known as the Collegiate Chapel of Saint Matthew, is a 15th-century Episcopal chapel located in the village of Roslin in Midlothian, Scotland. Voyage of the Zeno brothers and Rosslyn Chapel are pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact.

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Shetland

Shetland, also called the Shetland Islands, is an archipelago in Scotland lying between Orkney, the Faroe Islands, and Norway.

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St Kilda, Scotland

St Kilda (Hiort) is a remote archipelago situated west-northwest of North Uist in the North Atlantic Ocean.

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Venice

Venice (Venezia; Venesia, formerly Venexia) is a city in northeastern Italy and the capital of the Veneto region.

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Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov (Π’Π»Π°Π΄ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡ€ Π’Π»Π°Π΄ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡ€ΠΎΠ²ΠΈΡ‡ Набоков; 2 July 1977), also known by the pen name Vladimir Sirin (Π’Π»Π°Π΄ΠΈΠΌΠΈΡ€ Π‘ΠΈΡ€ΠΈΠ½), was a Russian-American novelist, poet, translator, and entomologist.

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Voyage of the Zeno brothers

The Zeno brothers, Nicolò (c. 1326 – c. 1402) and Antonio (died c. 1403), were Italian noblemen from the Republic of Venice who lived during the 14th century. Voyage of the Zeno brothers and Voyage of the Zeno brothers are 14th-century Venetian people, 15th-century deaths, explorers from the Republic of Venice, House of Zeno and pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact.

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William Sinclair, 1st Earl of Caithness

William Sinclair (1410–1480), 1st Earl of Caithness (1455–1476), last Earl (Jarl) of Orkney (1434–1470 de facto, –1472 de jure), 2nd Lord Sinclair and 11th Baron of Roslin was a Norwegian and Scottish nobleman and the builder of Rosslyn Chapel, in Midlothian.

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Zichmni

Zichmni is the name of an explorer-prince who appears in a 1558 book by Caterino Zeno of Venice, allegedly based on letters and a map (called the Zeno map) dating to the year 1400 by the author's ancestors, brothers Nicolò and Antonio Zeno. Voyage of the Zeno brothers and Zichmni are pre-Columbian trans-oceanic contact.

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See also

Explorers from the Republic of Venice

House of Zeno

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage_of_the_Zeno_brothers

Also known as Estotiland, Estotilanda, NicolΓ² Zeno, Zeno Brothers, Zeno Map.

, Zichmni.