＂The 1587 Map That Shouldn't Exist： 25 Anomalies Found＂ MYTHICAL CREATURES Urbano Monte World Map

This is the largest map ever made, and it's from the 16th century, and it's full of glitches that shouldn't exist. Most people see an ice wall, but the man who drew it, Urbano Monte, saw something much more mysterious. Like these mysterious creatures, from mysterious lands, from a long time ago. From giant birds carrying elephants to mirror kingdoms in the outer lands and the tusked beasts in the arctic that look suspiciously like mammoths. We're diving into the 25 most insane points of interest on the Urbano Monte map. Buckle up, geography is about to get weird. Hello, my name is Data. Hope you're doing well. In previous episodes, we've checked out the Urbano Monte 1587 map, and we've discovered that it is very much like an app, more than it is a map, with detailed information given all across. Now, knowing that it is a large 10-foot planisphere, there is much detail in there, so I'm going to have to zoom in to get some of the intricate details that are on this map, because it is impossible to see from a large scale. So we're going to zoom in and head towards the top 25 points of interest on this map, things that nobody should miss, many people haven't seen, and they're quite fascinating. So let's delve back in time to 1587 and into the mind space of how they saw the world back then. I'm probably going to switch myself into a smaller screen so that you can see these images on the map a lot clearer. So why don't we start out by doing that. Number one, we're going to go straight to the center of the map, the four magnetic islands, right in the center. Sailors believed these were made of pure lodestone, and if your ship got too close, it would pull the iron nails right out of the hull, and your ship would never be seen again. Number two, the giant whirlpool, known as the Indrawing Sea, it was believed to be the drain of the world's oceans, recycling the water through the center of the earth. Number three, the Indri, this is in the Russian north. Monte described these as giant earth dwellers that would die if they ever saw the sun. Likely a total misunderstanding of the mammoth remains, we'll never know. Number four, the Japanese archipelago, this is the hidden gem. Monte got this information from actual Japanese teenagers, which was the Tensho embassy who visited him in Milan in 1565. King Philip II of Spain, he's on Tavola 45. He isn't just on a ship, he's on a ship of state with a literal throne on deck showing he rules the waves while sitting down. The seven cities of gold in Cibola. Number six, Monte drew these in America because Spanish explorers claimed the walls were made of solid gold. Number seven, Montezuma label. Even though Montezuma was long gone by 1587, Monte kept him on the map as a ghost king to remind viewers of the riches of the Aztec empire. Number eight, the giant spiders of Africa. Labeled as monstrous spiders, Monte claimed they were large enough to hunt and kill small birds and lizards. Number nine, the phoenix on the Arabian peninsula. He placed it here because the desert heat was supposedly the only place hot enough to ignite the bird's nest for its rebirth. Number 10, camel leopard. This was the art of 1587. Monte never seen a giraffe, so he drew a camel with the leopard spots and a massive neck. Number 11, unicorns of Siberia. Labeled as manoceros, Monte thought they were real animals and were just too shy to be caught by Europeans. Number 12, the griffins, Scythia. Ancient legend said griffins guarded mountains of gold. Monte included them as a keep-out sign for greedy miners. Number 13, the merman with the lute. This isn't just a monster, he's a siren of the south, using music to lure Spanish galleons into the rocks. The giant sea turtle, labeled as espiodescelon. A turtle so big that trees grow on its back and sailors accidentally try to camp on it. The flying fish, 15. Monte drew these with dragon wings, believing they could stay in the air for miles to escape sea serpents. Number 16, the sea monster versus galleon. In this 1587's Jaws moment, these illustrations were warning labels for investors putting money into trade ships. 17, Petalia. Labeled as a place where gold grows like fruit. It's the ultimate extra land. Sicorum, regio. Legend said the parrots here were so big they could mimic entire human conversations, not just single words. That was 18. 19, Lukash. Marco Polo claimed the people were here idolatrous and lived in a land where it was always springtime. 20, Melator. Labeled as a kingdom with the spices so strong you could smell the continent for miles out at sea. 21, the centaurs of the outer land. Monte believed that in the outer worlds the rules of nature were looser, allowing human and animal hybrids to thrive. 22, the rook. A mythical bird from Arabian lore. Monte drew it in the outer ring to show the outer creatures were massive compared to ours. 23, mirror climates. These tables claim that the outer sun is so distant that the people that have cold blood and live longer lives. 24, the portrait of Urbano Monte. He looks like a tired professor, which is probably because he spent 20 years putting all these sheets of paper together. And number 25, the geocentric diagram. It shows earth as the jewel in the box. Everything in the universe, including the sun and the stars, exist only to serve our central world. All right, I hope you like that top 25 points of interest on the Urbano Monte 1587 map. There's so much more on this map to discover. Hope to see in some future videos. Have a great day. Stay safe out there. Bye.