Terra pericolosa
Terra pericolosa is an Italian phrase for "dangerous land", used in cartography to denote regions that are believed to be likely to put the travellers in jeopardy. Such regions would probably not have been mapped or documented fully.
See also
- Early world maps
- Here be dragons
- History of cartography
- List of cartographers
- Terra Australis
- Terra incognita
- Terra nullius
- Bermuda Triangle
References
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