January 18, 2010

Prester John's Kingdom


I can't help but wish we lived in a world where certain corners were still full of imaginary kingdoms and sea monsters.

A Description of The Empire of Prester John, Also Known as the Abyssinian Empire
1570s, produced by Ortelius
from Strange Maps

2 comments:

Ms. Moon said...

We do live in that world. We just like to pretend we have it all charted out, safely and accurately. Ha!

Anonymous said...

What a great resource!