This Year: 1312--Lancelotto Malocello and the Canary Islands

Hello and Welcome to This Year, a YouTube and Blog series with interesting information about each year between 1300 and 2020.

1312

In 1312,

of Genoa

rediscovered the Canary Islands

the first outside visit since Juba II's expedition about 1300 years previously.

This has been This Year: 1312

Credits:

Beckwith, Michael D. "Lincoln Cathedral Chapter House,"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lincoln_Cathedral_Chapter_House.jpg

Fiechter, Brandon "Medieval Folk Music--Camelot," copyright 2014 (limited use as fair use)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_YQpacAuhX8

Hansen, "Canary Islands Map"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canarias-rotulado.png

Orf3us, "Juba II Mauretanien"
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Juba_II_Mauretanien.JPG

Speed, Lancelot, "Lancelot through with Guinevere," from The Legends of King Arthur and His Knights (Facing p. 257), 1912.  (used as stand-in for Lancelotto Malocello)  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lancelot_through_with_Guinevere_by_Lancelot_Speed.jpg

Wolgemut, Michel and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff, Woodcut of Genoa from The Nuremberg Chronicle, 1493.
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nuremberg_chronicles_f_58v_1.png