Fortuitos apontamentos, ou excrementos, de um passageiro sonhador numa viagem em desafio do barqueiro.
The casual jottings, or droppings, of a dreaming passenger on a journey to challenge the ferryman.
Painting by Ahn Gyeon (안견/安堅), Dream Journey to the Peach Blossom Land (몽유도원도/夢遊桃源圖), 1447.
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The journey upside down
Al-Idrisi's Tabula Rogeriana, drawn in 1154 for Roger II, the Norman King of Sicily, is oriented southwards, with North at the bottom:
The Borgia mappa mundi, ca. 1430, was likewise conceived, with South at the top:
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