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Pesky 17th Century Maps!

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The map above is by Nikolay Piskator the Elder 1618-1689.

No – I’ve never heard of him either.

The map is interesting because it shows the location of New Rome, Roma Nova.

And not where it should be. Oooooh.

Take a look…

Aha!

Busted :o)

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The Ravens of Dinefwr is the first in a series of novels-in-progress set in the early 12th century. It follows the dispossessed members of the South Wales House of Dinefwr from their origins in Deheubarth to the centre of the known world, Jerusalem. Come and be my fellow Far-Farer. Come travelling and unravelling with me through Wales, Norway, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Russia, Constantinople, Italy, the Balkans, the Holy Land. Come and Far-Fare through every degree on my 12th century compass.