http://legacy.iranian.com/main/taxonomy/term/2049/0 I was in Florence a few days ago. During a tour of the Palazzo Vecchio, I was thrilled to see a 16th century map of Persia. There were many names I recognized. Like Mazandaran and Gilan; Caspian Sea and Hormuz; Shiraz and Kerman, Parthia and Shush, spelled in Italian of the day. Yes, and the Persian Gulf, too! Here's Wikipedia's description of the map room: "The Hall of Geographical Maps or Wardrobe is where the Medici Grand Dukes kept their precious belongings. The cabinets and carved ceiling are by Dionigi Nigetti. The doors of the cabinets were decorated with 53 remarkable maps of scientific interest, oil paintings by the Dominican monk Fra Ignazio Danti (1563-1575), brother of the sculptor Vincenzo Danti, and Stefano Buonsignori (1575-1584). They are of great historical interest and give a good idea of the geographical knowledge in the 16th century." Go crazy! en http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129429 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129429#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:51:38 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129429 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129427 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129427#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:16 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129427 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129426 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129426#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:16 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129426 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129424 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129424#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:15 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129424 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129425 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129425#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:15 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129425 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129423 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129423#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:13 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129423 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129422 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129422#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:11 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129422 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129421 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129421#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:10 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129421 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129420 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129420#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:08 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129420 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129419 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129419#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:06 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129419 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129418 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129418#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:05 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129418 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129415 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129415#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:05 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129415 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129417 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129417#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:05 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129417 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129416 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129416#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:05 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129416 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129414 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129414#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:04 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129414 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129413 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129413#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:03 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129413 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129412 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129412#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:02 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129412 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129411 http://legacy.iranian.com/main/image/129411#comments Read the Map Sun, 12 Dec 2010 22:41:00 +0000 Jahanshah Javid 129411 at http://legacy.iranian.com/main