The African continent : some problems of representation and naming. How the " imago " of Africa is constructed : medieval European maps. The representation of Africa in planispheres from the Ptolemaic tradition to the Renaissance. The words " Africa " and " Africa ". Other words referring to Africa. Leon the African. The limits of Africa in Antiquity. Le Périple de la mer Erythrée (Greek text from the 1st century AD) : voyages to India and East Africa.
14:00 - 15:30
Lecture
How Africa went undiscovered (1)
François-Xavier Fauvelle
14:00 - 15:30