{"id":690,"date":"2021-07-22T05:58:46","date_gmt":"2021-07-22T05:58:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/?p=690"},"modified":"2026-02-15T13:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T13:06:44","slug":"cartes-portulans-et-mappemondes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/2021\/07\/22\/cartes-portulans-et-mappemondes\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2795 Cartes, portulans et mappemondes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-red-color has-text-color\"><strong>Si certaines des licornes de terre ou de mer sur les portulans et mappemondes indiquaient bien la pr\u00e9sence suppos\u00e9e de l\u2019animal, ici ou l\u00e0, d\u2019autres ne font gu\u00e8re que remplir les blancs de la carte.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Les licornes, solitaires ou accompagn\u00e9es de lions, chameaux ou dragons, sont fr\u00e9quentes sur les anciennes cartes, mappemondes et portulans. Elles gambadent sur les terres d\u2019Afrique, d\u2019Asie, d\u2019Am\u00e9rique, et m\u00eame sur quelques continents qui n\u2019ont finalement jamais \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9couverts. Il n\u2019y a gu\u00e8re qu\u2019en Europe, que les cartographes connaissaient mieux, qu\u2019on ne les voit jamais.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1654\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-703\" data-id=\"703\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu.jpg 1654w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-1411x2048.jpg 1411w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-768x1114.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-1059x1536.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1654px) 100vw, 1654px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Cosmographie universelle, selon les navigateurs tant anciens que modernes, par Guillaume Le Testu, pillotte en la mer du Ponent, de la ville francoyse de Gr\u00e2ce, <\/i>1555.<br \/>\nBNF, Service historique de la d\u00e9fense, Vincennes, D.1.Z14, fol 35v\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2008\" height=\"1760\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2245\" data-id=\"2245\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail.jpg 2008w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-300x263.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-768x673.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-1536x1346.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-342x300.jpg 342w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2008px) 100vw, 2008px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Un chien et une licorne.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1893\" height=\"1643\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2250\" data-id=\"2250\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail3.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail3.jpg 1893w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail3-300x260.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail3-768x667.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail3-1536x1333.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail3-346x300.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1893px) 100vw, 1893px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une femme unicorne.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2126\" height=\"1871\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2249\" data-id=\"2249\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-2.jpg 2126w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-2-300x264.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-2-2048x1802.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-2-768x676.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-2-1536x1352.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/2-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-35v-detail-2-341x300.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2126px) 100vw, 2126px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La myst\u00e9rieuse \u00eele des griffons.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1655\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-700\" data-id=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-Australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-Australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu.jpg 1655w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-Australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-207x300.jpg 207w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-Australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-1412x2048.jpg 1412w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-Australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-768x1114.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-Australe-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-1059x1536.jpg 1059w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1655px) 100vw, 1655px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Cosmographie universelle, selon les navigateurs tant anciens que modernes, par Guillaume Le Testu, pillotte en la mer du Ponent, de la ville francoyse de Gr\u00e2ce, <\/i>1555.<br \/>\nBNF, Service historique de la d\u00e9fense, Vincennes, D.1.Z14, fol 39v\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2369\" height=\"1913\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2248\" data-id=\"2248\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-detail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-detail.jpg 2369w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-detail-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-detail-2048x1654.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-detail-768x620.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-detail-1536x1240.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/4-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-39v-detail-372x300.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2369px) 100vw, 2369px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Non, je ne sais pas ce qu&#8217;est la dr\u00f4le de b\u00eate bleue \u00e0 longues oreilles. On dirait quand m\u00eame bien le Cheshire cat.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1638\" height=\"2400\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-701\" data-id=\"701\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-01.1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-01.1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu.jpg 1638w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-01.1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-205x300.jpg 205w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-01.1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-1398x2048.jpg 1398w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-01.1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-768x1125.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Terre-australe-01.1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-Cosmographie-Le-Testu-1048x1536.jpg 1048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1638px) 100vw, 1638px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\"><i>Cosmographie universelle, selon les navigateurs tant anciens que modernes, par Guillaume Le Testu, pillotte en la mer du Ponent, de la ville francoyse de Gr\u00e2ce, <\/i>1555.<br \/>\nBNF, Service historique de la d\u00e9fense, Vincennes, D.1.Z14, fol 31v.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1711\" height=\"1857\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2246\" data-id=\"2246\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail1.jpg 1711w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail1-276x300.jpg 276w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail1-768x834.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail1-1415x1536.jpg 1415w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1711px) 100vw, 1711px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Remarquez le rangif\u00e8re tricorne, aussi rare que la licorne.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1787\" height=\"1634\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2247\" data-id=\"2247\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail2.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail2.jpg 1787w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail2-300x274.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail2-768x702.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail2-1536x1404.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/1-BN-Vincennes-D.1.Z14-fol-31v-detail2-328x300.jpg 328w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1787px) 100vw, 1787px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Et une curieuse vache unicorne.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>L\u2019interpr\u00e9tation des unicornes cartographiques demande n\u00e9anmoins quelques pr\u00e9cautions. Leur pr\u00e9sence peut indiquer que le peintre ou graveur croyait \u00e0 l\u2019existence r\u00e9elle de la b\u00eate dans telle ou telle r\u00e9gion lointaine et mal connue mais, comme le dragon, le lion ou l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant, la licorne peut aussi signifier simplement le caract\u00e8re exotique et myst\u00e9rieux d\u2019une terre peu ou pas explor\u00e9e. Lorsqu\u2019elle remplit les blancs de la carte, la licorne ne montre pas les connaissances de l\u2019\u00e9poque ou de l\u2019artiste, ni ne r\u00e9v\u00e8le ses erreurs, elle met en sc\u00e8ne, tout \u00e0 fait d\u00e9lib\u00e9r\u00e9ment, son ignorance. \u00ab&nbsp;Toutefoys, \u00e9crit dans son atlas le pilote malouin Guillaume le Testu, en 1555, ce que je en ai marqu\u00e9 et depainct n\u2019est que par imaginaction, n\u2019ayant nott\u00e9 ou faict m\u00e9moire aucune des comodit\u00e9s ou incomodit\u00e9s d\u2019icelle, tant des montaignes, fleuves que aultres choses. Pour ce qu\u2019il n\u2019y a encor eu homme qui en aict faict decouverture certaine, pourqupy je differe en parller jusque a ce que on en aict eu plus ample declaration. Toutefoys en atendant que cognoysance en soit plus grande jay marqu\u00e9 et d\u00e9nomm\u00e9 quelques promontoires, ou caps\u2026&nbsp;<a href=\"#_ftn1\">[1]<\/a>\u00bb. &#8211; et il a aussi, comme vous le voyez ci-dessus, laiss\u00e9 dessiner quelques licornes et autres bestioles.<br \/>Comme les monstres marins repr\u00e9sent\u00e9s ici et l\u00e0 dans l\u2019oc\u00e9an, qui peuvent d\u2019ailleurs \u00e0 l\u2019occasion \u00eatre unicornes, elle peut aussi n\u2019avoir de fonction qu\u2019ornementale sur des cartes dont les plus belles et les mieux illustr\u00e9es \u00e9taient plus des \u0153uvres d\u2019art et des signes ext\u00e9rieurs de richesse que des utilis\u00e9s par les voyageurs ou les savants.<br \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1670\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-697\" data-id=\"697\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896--1670x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896--1670x2048.jpg 1670w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896--245x300.jpg 245w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896--768x942.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896--1252x1536.jpg 1252w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896-.jpg 1957w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1670px) 100vw, 1670px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une copie du XIXe si\u00e8cle, plus lisible que l\u2019original, de la mappemonde d\u2019Hereford. Le long du Nil, on distingue centaure, \u00e9ale, mandragore, rhinoc\u00e9ros, monoceros et un serpent, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire un dragon, \u00ab dont le visage est semblable \u00e0 celui d\u2019une jeune fille \u00bb.<br \/>\nKonrad Miller, <i>die \u00e4ltesten Weltkarten, <\/i>1896\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1471\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-693\" data-id=\"693\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896-detail-scaled-1471x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896-detail-scaled-1471x2048.jpg 1471w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896-detail-scaled-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896-detail-scaled-768x1069.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896-detail-scaled-1103x1536.jpg 1103w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Ethiopie-Hereford-copie-de-Konrad-Miller-1896-detail-scaled.jpg 1839w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1471px) 100vw, 1471px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une copie du XIXe si\u00e8cle, plus lisible que l\u2019original, de la mappemonde d\u2019Hereford. Le long du Nil, on distingue centaure, \u00e9ale, mandragore, rhinoc\u00e9ros, monoceros et un serpent, c\u2019est \u00e0 dire un dragon, \u00ab dont le visage est semblable \u00e0 celui d\u2019une jeune fille \u00bb.<br \/>\nKonrad Miller, <i>die \u00e4ltesten Weltkarten, <\/i>1896\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>D\u00e8s le Moyen \u00c2ge cependant, d&#8217;autres licornes sont plus signifiantes. La mappemonde de la cath\u00e9drale d\u2019Hereford, en Angleterre, dat\u00e9e de 1300 environ, est la plus ancienne carte du monde enti\u00e8rement conserv\u00e9e. Elle illustre la vision m\u00e9di\u00e9vale d\u2019un monde circulaire, que la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e, le Nil et le Don divisent en trois continents, Afrique, Asie et Europe. Apparaissent sur cette immense carte o\u00f9 les mers semblent des fleuves griffons, dragons, sphinx, et la quasi-totalit\u00e9 du bestiaire m\u00e9di\u00e9val, mais rien n&#8217;y est plac\u00e9 au hasard. Rhinoc\u00e9ros et licorne, tous deux pr\u00e9sents en \u00c9thiopie, sont soigneusement distingu\u00e9s. Le premier, court sur pattes, a une silhouette de renard et une courte corne recourb\u00e9e. La seconde, \u00e0 la figure plus fine, est arm\u00e9e d\u2019une tr\u00e8s longue lance torsad\u00e9e. Le commentaire latincite Solin pour le rhinoc\u00e9ros et Isidore de S\u00e9ville pour le monoc\u00e9ros ou licorne, alors pourtant qu\u2019Isidore pensait que les deux \u00e9taient le m\u00eame animal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1266\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7135\" data-id=\"7135\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-1266x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-1266x2048.jpg 1266w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-185x300.jpg 185w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-768x1243.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-949x1536.jpg 949w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586.jpg 1582w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1266px) 100vw, 1266px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Portulan de Mateo Prunes, 1586. BNF, CPL GE AA 570.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1490\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-7136\" data-id=\"7136\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-detail-2048x1490.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-detail-2048x1490.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-detail-300x218.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-detail-768x559.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-detail-1536x1117.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/BNF-CPL-GE-AA-570-Portulan-de-Mateo-Prunes-1586-detail-412x300.jpg 412w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Lions, basilic, licorne, panth\u00e8re, singe, chameau, girafe, dragon, boucs, satyres et cynoc\u00e9phales.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Reconnaissables \u00e0 leur quadrillage tr\u00e8s particulier, les portulans sont des cartes, \u00e0 l\u2019usage des navigateurs, utilis\u00e9es du XIIIe au XVIIe si\u00e8cle. Ils sont le plus souvent dessin\u00e9s sur v\u00e9lin, qui r\u00e9sistait mieux \u00e0 l\u2019humidit\u00e9 que le papier. Les c\u00f4tes et les r\u00e9cifs y sont dessin\u00e9s avec soin, les ports nomm\u00e9s avec exactitude, mais l\u2019int\u00e9rieur des terres, sans grand enjeu, laissait \u00e0 l\u2019illustrateur plus de libert\u00e9 pour dessiner des villes, des voyageurs, des indig\u00e8nes et, surtout, des bestioles. Les portulans de la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e sont les plus nombreux. Sur celui de Mateo Prunes, en 1586, l&#8217;Afrique du Nord est peupl\u00e9 de toutes les cr\u00e9atures de l&#8217;Orient imaginaire m\u00e9di\u00e9val, licornes, dragons, basilics, satyres, cynoc\u00e9phales, panth\u00e8res, lions jaunes et blancs, dragons, chameaux et cynoc\u00e9phales. La plupart des cartographes sont cependant plus modestes et plus r\u00e9alistes, et la faune d\u2019Afrique n&#8217;y est repr\u00e9sent\u00e9e par des \u00e9l\u00e9phants, dromadaires, lions et licornes, plus rarement des dragons. Pour les artistes qui dessinaient ces cartes, comme, au XVIIe si\u00e8cle Francesco Oliva ou Pietro Giovanni Prunes, la licorne \u00e9tait un animal africain, au m\u00eame titre que d\u2019autres qui se sont depuis av\u00e9r\u00e9s plus r\u00e9els.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1650\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2241\" data-id=\"2241\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Arsenal-ms-8323-Portulan-2048x1444-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Arsenal-ms-8323-Portulan-2048x1444-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Arsenal-ms-8323-Portulan-2048x1444-1-300x242.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Arsenal-ms-8323-Portulan-2048x1444-1-768x619.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Arsenal-ms-8323-Portulan-2048x1444-1-1536x1238.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Arsenal-ms-8323-Portulan-2048x1444-1-372x300.jpg 372w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Parmi les animaux d\u2019Afrique sur ce portulan de Joan Martines, en 1582, on reconna\u00eet le chameau et le lion, mais aussi le dragon, le basilisc et la licorne. <br \/>\nBiblioth\u00e8que de l\u2019Arsenal, ms 8323\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1350\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2240\" data-id=\"2240\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-1595-2048x1185-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-1595-2048x1185-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-1595-2048x1185-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-1595-2048x1185-1-768x506.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-1595-2048x1185-1-1536x1013.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-1595-2048x1185-1-455x300.jpg 455w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Portulan de Joan Oliva, 1595. <br \/>BNF, Cartes et Plans, GEC 2342.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"783\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2127\" data-id=\"2127\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-2048x783-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-2048x783-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-2048x783-1-300x115.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-2048x783-1-768x294.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-2048x783-1-1536x587.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-CPL-GEC-2342-Joan-Oliva-2048x783-1-500x191.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Portulan de Joan Oliva, 1595. <br \/>BNF, Cartes et Plans, GEC 2342.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"725\" height=\"900\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-719\" data-id=\"719\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Pietro-Giovanni-Prunes-portulan-de-1651-Museo-Correr-Venise.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Pietro-Giovanni-Prunes-portulan-de-1651-Museo-Correr-Venise.jpg 725w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Pietro-Giovanni-Prunes-portulan-de-1651-Museo-Correr-Venise-242x300.jpg 242w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 725px) 100vw, 725px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Une licorne en Afrique du Nord sur ce portulan de Giovanni Prunes, en 1651.<br \/>\nMus\u00e9e Correr, Venise.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1187\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-717\" data-id=\"717\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Yale-University-Library-Portulan-de-Joan-Riezo-1590-Lybie-2048x1187.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Yale-University-Library-Portulan-de-Joan-Riezo-1590-Lybie-2048x1187.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Yale-University-Library-Portulan-de-Joan-Riezo-1590-Lybie-300x174.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Yale-University-Library-Portulan-de-Joan-Riezo-1590-Lybie-768x445.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Yale-University-Library-Portulan-de-Joan-Riezo-1590-Lybie-1536x891.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-Yale-University-Library-Portulan-de-Joan-Riezo-1590-Lybie-500x290.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">La c\u00f4te de Lybie sur un portulan de Juan Riezo, 1590.<br \/>\nYale University Library, ms 49 cea 1590\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1502\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2120\" data-id=\"2120\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-ms-fr-20122-Portulan.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-ms-fr-20122-Portulan.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-1536x1127.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-409x300.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Deux licornes s\u2019affrontent en Afrique du Nord sur un portulan d\u2019Augustin Roussin, 1663.<br \/>\nBNF, ms fr 20122              \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1847\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-706\" data-id=\"706\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-dAugustin-Roussin-2048x1847.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-dAugustin-Roussin-2048x1847.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-dAugustin-Roussin-300x271.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-dAugustin-Roussin-768x693.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-dAugustin-Roussin-1536x1386.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-BN-ms-fr-20122-Portulan-dAugustin-Roussin-333x300.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1574\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2121\" data-id=\"2121\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-loc-portulan.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-loc-portulan.jpg 1574w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-loc-portulan-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-loc-portulan-768x999.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Egypte-loc-portulan-1181x1536.jpg 1181w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1574px) 100vw, 1574px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Portulan d\u2019Oliva Placido, circa 1580. <br \/>\nLes trois animaux repr\u00e9sentant l\u2019Afrique, pourtant bien connue \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque, sont la licorne, l\u2019\u00e9l\u00e9phant et le dragon.<br \/>\nWashington, Library of Congress, G5672.M4P5 158- .O4 \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>La licorne est en Chine sur la carte dite <em>de S\u00e9bastien Cabot<\/em>, que l\u2019on peut observer, sous verre, au fond du cabinet des Cartes et Plans de la Biblioth\u00e8que Nationale. Moins richement orn\u00e9e que les pr\u00e9c\u00e9dentes, cette mappemonde n\u2019\u00e9tait pas seulement destin\u00e9e \u00e0 la d\u00e9coration&nbsp;; elle avait, ou affectait d\u2019avoir, une fonction pratique d\u2019aide \u00e0 la navigation. Les animaux s\u2019y comptent sur les doigts de deux mains. La quasi-totalit\u00e9 (ours, tigre, lion, \u00e9l\u00e9phant et crocodile) sont fid\u00e8lement repr\u00e9sent\u00e9s et correctement plac\u00e9s, ce qui laisse \u00e0 penser que les trois cr\u00e9atures imaginaires qui s\u2019y ajoutent, une licorne \u00e0 corne spiral\u00e9e et au poil fris\u00e9 en Chine, un cynoc\u00e9phale en Asie centrale et un l\u00e9zard volant en Afrique du Sud, sans doute un basilic, passaient pour tr\u00e8s r\u00e9els aux yeux du dessinateur. \u00c0 cette date le basilic, ou basilisc, \u00e9tait, avec la licorne, l\u2019un des rares animaux fantastiques du bestiaire m\u00e9di\u00e9val dont l\u2019existence f\u00fbt encore tenue pour probable, m\u00eame si nul ne pensait plus qu\u2019il naisse d\u2019un \u0153uf de poule couv\u00e9 par un l\u00e9zard, \u00e0 moins que ce ne soit l\u2019inverse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1766\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2119\" data-id=\"2119\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-BN-CPL-GE-AA-582-Sebastien-Cabot.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-BN-CPL-GE-AA-582-Sebastien-Cabot.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-BN-CPL-GE-AA-582-Sebastien-Cabot-300x259.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-BN-CPL-GE-AA-582-Sebastien-Cabot-768x662.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-BN-CPL-GE-AA-582-Sebastien-Cabot-1536x1325.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-BN-CPL-GE-AA-582-Sebastien-Cabot-348x300.jpg 348w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mappemonde de S\u00e9bastien Cabot, 1544.<br \/>\nBNF, Cartes et Plans, CPL-GE AA 582                \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1334\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-713\" data-id=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Daniel-Crouch-Vesconte-Maggiolo-map-6-2048x1334.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Daniel-Crouch-Vesconte-Maggiolo-map-6-2048x1334.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Daniel-Crouch-Vesconte-Maggiolo-map-6-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Daniel-Crouch-Vesconte-Maggiolo-map-6-768x500.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Daniel-Crouch-Vesconte-Maggiolo-map-6-1536x1000.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Daniel-Crouch-Vesconte-Maggiolo-map-6-461x300.jpg 461w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Planisph\u00e8re du Vicomte Maggiolo, 1531.<br \/> Collection priv\u00e9e.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>La licorne est aussi en Asie en 1531, sur le planisph\u00e8re du vicomte Maggiolo, qui est en vente \u00e0 la date o\u00f9 j\u2019\u00e9cris ce texte, mais pas vraiment dans mes prix. C\u2019est encore pr\u00e8s de l\u00e0, en Sib\u00e9rie, qu\u2019elle appara\u00eet sur le grand planisph\u00e8re en soixante planches d\u2019Urbano Monte dessin\u00e9 \u00e0 Milan en 1587&nbsp;; dans la m\u00eame r\u00e9gion, s\u2019il faut en croire les indications manuscrites sur la carte, se trouvent les dix tribus perdues d\u2019Isra\u00ebl. Je vous avais dit qu\u2019on les retrouverait.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1387\" height=\"1014\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-urbano-monte.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-urbano-monte.jpg 1387w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-urbano-monte-300x219.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-urbano-monte-768x561.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Chine-urbano-monte-410x300.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1387px) 100vw, 1387px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Planisph\u00e8re d\u2019Urbano Monte, 1587. <br \/><span style=\"color:#9e9e9e\" class=\"tadv-color\">David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford University <\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Lorsque, au milieu du XVIe si\u00e8cle, se r\u00e9pand la rumeur de la pr\u00e9sence de licornes en Am\u00e9rique du Nord, elles apparaissent aussi vite sur les cartes \u00e0 d\u00e9faut de se faire rep\u00e9rer sur le terrain. Sur une mappemonde du dieppois Pierre Descelliers, en 1550, deux licornes observent, impassibles, le combat des pygm\u00e9es et des grues, que Pline situait en \u00c9thiopie. Non loin, deux ours dont l\u2019un mange un poisson&nbsp;: le cartographe a peint ce qu\u2019il savait de l\u2019Am\u00e9rique du Nord, puis enrichi son dessin de quelques exotismes qui pouvaient passer pour probables. Sur la m\u00eame cartes, autruches et \u00e9l\u00e9phants peuplent l\u2019Australie. \u00c0 la m\u00eame date, sur la mappemonde dite harleienne, \u00e9galement \u00e0 la British Library, les deux seules licornes sont encore au Canada, et ce quand bien d\u2019autres merveilles peuplent encore l\u2019Asie. Sur l&#8217;atlas dit <em>du Dauphin,<\/em> dessin\u00e9 vers 1540, aujourd&#8217;hui \u00e0 la Biblioth\u00e8que royale de la Haye, lions et licornes c\u00f4toient ours, indiens et porcs-\u00e9pics \u00e0 Terre Neuve.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\" style=\"--aspect-ratio:calc(2048 \/ 1306)\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1306\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2126\" data-id=\"2126\" data-aspect-ratio=\"2048 \/ 1306\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Ad-24065.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Ad-24065.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Ad-24065-300x191.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Ad-24065-768x490.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Ad-24065-1536x980.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Ad-24065-470x300.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mappemonde de Pierre Descelliers, circa 1550.<br \/> \nRemarquez que la carte est pr\u00e9vue pour \u00eatre pos\u00e9e \u00e0 plat sur une table, ce qui explique que texte et illustrations ne soient pas toujours orient\u00e9s dans le m\u00eame sens. <br \/>\nBritish Library, ms Add 24065\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1524\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-699\" data-id=\"699\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 435\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Add-24065-2048x1524.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Add-24065-2048x1524.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Add-24065-300x223.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Add-24065-768x571.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Add-24065-1536x1143.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Descelliers-BL-ms-Add-24065-403x300.jpg 403w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Mappemonde de Pierre Descelliers, circa 1550. <br \/>\nBritish Library, ms Add 24065\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1657\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-6121\" data-id=\"6121\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 473\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Rylands-Descelliers-Afrique-centrale-2048x1657.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Rylands-Descelliers-Afrique-centrale-2048x1657.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Rylands-Descelliers-Afrique-centrale-300x243.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Rylands-Descelliers-Afrique-centrale-768x621.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Rylands-Descelliers-Afrique-centrale-1536x1243.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Rylands-Descelliers-Afrique-centrale-371x300.jpg 371w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sur une autre mappemonde de Pierre Descelliers, peinte en 1546, les licornes sont en Afrique centrale.<br \/>\nManchester, Rylands Library, ms French 1.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1430\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-8695\" data-id=\"8695\" data-aspect-ratio=\"584 \/ 408\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Atlas-du-Dauphin-circa-1538-La-Haye-KB-Inv.KW129A24-fol-25v-26--2048x1430.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Atlas-du-Dauphin-circa-1538-La-Haye-KB-Inv.KW129A24-fol-25v-26--2048x1430.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Atlas-du-Dauphin-circa-1538-La-Haye-KB-Inv.KW129A24-fol-25v-26--300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Atlas-du-Dauphin-circa-1538-La-Haye-KB-Inv.KW129A24-fol-25v-26--768x536.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Atlas-du-Dauphin-circa-1538-La-Haye-KB-Inv.KW129A24-fol-25v-26--1536x1072.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/Atlas-du-Dauphin-circa-1538-La-Haye-KB-Inv.KW129A24-fol-25v-26--430x300.jpg 430w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">ScreeOurs, lions, licorne et homme sauvage peuplent Terre Neuve sur cet atlas anonyme r\u00e9alis\u00e9 vers 1540, l\u2019atlas dit du Dauphin.<br \/>La Haye, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, ms 129.A.24, fol 26rnshot<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1959\" height=\"1507\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2123\" data-id=\"2123\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1959 \/ 1507\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-La-Haye-Koninklijke-bibliotheek-ms-129.A.24-fol-26r.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-La-Haye-Koninklijke-bibliotheek-ms-129.A.24-fol-26r.jpg 1959w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-La-Haye-Koninklijke-bibliotheek-ms-129.A.24-fol-26r-300x231.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-La-Haye-Koninklijke-bibliotheek-ms-129.A.24-fol-26r-768x591.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-La-Haye-Koninklijke-bibliotheek-ms-129.A.24-fol-26r-1536x1182.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-La-Haye-Koninklijke-bibliotheek-ms-129.A.24-fol-26r-390x300.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1959px) 100vw, 1959px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1746\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2124\" data-id=\"2124\" data-aspect-ratio=\"2048 \/ 1746\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2048x1746-1.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2048x1746-1.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2048x1746-1-300x256.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2048x1746-1-768x655.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2048x1746-1-1536x1310.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2048x1746-1-352x300.jpg 352w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">D\u00e9cor marginal d\u2019une carte de Virginie, 1671. <br \/>Ni le lama, ni la licorne, ni l\u2019ananas ne semblent vraiment du coin, et m\u00eame l\u2019indien fait plut\u00f4t br\u00e9silien.\nLes gravures sont colori\u00e9es \u00e0 la main et les couleurs varient d\u2019une copie \u00e0 l\u2019autre.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1833\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2125\" data-id=\"2125\" data-aspect-ratio=\"2048 \/ 1833\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2b.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2b.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2b-300x269.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2b-768x687.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2b-1536x1375.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amerique-Nova-Virginiae-Tabula-2b-335x300.jpg 335w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">D\u00e9cor marginal d\u2019une carte de Virginie, 1671. <br \/>Ni le lama, ni la licorne, ni l\u2019ananas ne semblent vraiment du coin, et m\u00eame l\u2019indien fait plut\u00f4t br\u00e9silien.\nLes gravures sont colori\u00e9es \u00e0 la main et les couleurs varient d\u2019une copie \u00e0 l\u2019autre.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>C&#8217;est en Inde que l&#8217;on a le plus longtemps voulu voir des licornes, plus ou moins confondues avec les rhinoc\u00e9ros. C&#8217;est donc logiquement en Inde que les graveurs ont aussi continu\u00e9, jusqu&#8217;\u00e0 la fin du XVIIe si\u00e8cle, \u00e0 les repr\u00e9senter sur les cartes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1621\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2122\" data-id=\"2122\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Geographie-de-Ptolemee-1589.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Geographie-de-Ptolemee-1589.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Geographie-de-Ptolemee-1589-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Geographie-de-Ptolemee-1589-768x608.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Geographie-de-Ptolemee-1589-1536x1216.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Geographie-de-Ptolemee-1589-379x300.jpg 379w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Girolamo Ruscelli, <i>La g\u00e9ographie de Ptol\u00e9m\u00e9e, <\/i>1598<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1597\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-698\" data-id=\"698\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-2048x1597.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-2048x1597.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-768x599.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-1536x1197.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-385x300.jpg 385w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Carte accompagnant les <i>Voyages aux Indes orientales et portugaises<\/i> de Jan Huyghen van Linschoeten, 1614.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1016\" height=\"745\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-715\" data-id=\"715\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-detail.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-detail.jpg 1016w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-detail-300x220.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-detail-768x563.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Inde-Linschoeten-Navigatio-ac-itinerarium-Iohannis-Hugonis-Linscotani-in-orientalem-sive-Lusitanorum-Indiam-1614-detail-409x300.jpg 409w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1016px) 100vw, 1016px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1655\" height=\"2048\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-1052\" data-id=\"1052\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-1700-frontispice-de-lAtlas-Novus-de-Heinrich-Scherer-1655x2048.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-1700-frontispice-de-lAtlas-Novus-de-Heinrich-Scherer-1655x2048.jpg 1655w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-1700-frontispice-de-lAtlas-Novus-de-Heinrich-Scherer-242x300.jpg 242w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-1700-frontispice-de-lAtlas-Novus-de-Heinrich-Scherer-768x950.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-1700-frontispice-de-lAtlas-Novus-de-Heinrich-Scherer-1241x1536.jpg 1241w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1655px) 100vw, 1655px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sur cette carte de Johannes Jegler, en 1700, on distingue deux licornes en Asie centrale, et deux licornes de mer dans un coin o\u00f9 les narvals sont rares.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1685\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-2118\" data-id=\"2118\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-detail-.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-detail-.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-detail--300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-detail--768x632.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-detail--1536x1264.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Johannes-Jegler-detail--365x300.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Sur cette carte de Johannes Jegler, en 1700, on distingue deux licornes, dont une  trempant sa corne dans un fleuvenqui serait aujourd&#8217;hui au Pakistan ou en Afghanistan.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>L&#8217;\u00e9rudit Aylett Sammes publia, en 1677, <em>Britannia Antiqua Illustrata<\/em>, livre dans lequel il explique que les Britanniques, et tout particuli\u00e8rement les Gallois, seraient les descendants des Ph\u00e9niciens. On y voit une licorne dans le d\u00e9sert du Sahara, \u00e0 une date o\u00f9 l&#8217;on ne croyait plus gu\u00e8re \u00e0 la pr\u00e9sence de l&#8217;animal dans ces r\u00e9gions. La carte illustre l&#8217;expansion de la puissance Ph\u00e9nicienne, et s&#8217;il n&#8217;y avait pas de licornes en Afrique du Nord \u00e0 la fin du XVIIe si\u00e8cle, rien n&#8217;emp\u00eachait qu&#8217;il y en ait eu dans l&#8217;antiquit\u00e9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1610\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-725\" data-id=\"725\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.1-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-1677-2048x1610.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.1-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-1677-2048x1610.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.1-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-1677-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.1-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-1677-768x604.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.1-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-1677-1536x1208.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.1-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-1677-382x300.jpg 382w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Aylett Sammes, <i>Britannia Antiqua Illustrata, <\/i>1677<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-726\" data-id=\"726\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.2-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-detail-.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.2-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-detail-.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.2-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-detail--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.2-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-detail--150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Lobo-06.2-Aylett-Sammes-Britannia-Antiqua-Illustrata-detail--768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Aylett Sammes, <i>Britannia Antiqua Illustrata, <\/i>1677<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Un peu oubli\u00e9s, et \u00e0 vrai dire d&#8217;une lecture un peu fastidieuse aujourd&#8217;hui, les longues \u00e9pop\u00e9es de la Renaissance, l&#8217;<em>Orlando Furioso<\/em>, La <em>J\u00e9rusalem lib\u00e9r\u00e9e, <\/em>l&#8217;<em>Astr\u00e9e<\/em> ou <em>Amadis de Gaule<\/em> sont un peu le cha\u00eenon manquant entre le roman arthurien et la fantasy moderne. Ils empruntent \u00e0 la mati\u00e8re de Bretagne ou de France les codes de l&#8217;aventure chevaleresque, mais leur rapport distanci\u00e9, voire ironique, \u00e0 l&#8217;histoire les rapproche d\u00e9j\u00e0 des univers de l&#8217;heroic fantasy. En t\u00eate de chacun des tomes de l&#8217;<em>Amadis de Gaule, <\/em>ou du moins de l&#8217;une de ses \u00e9ditions fran\u00e7aises, se trouve une carte de l&#8217;\u00eele Ferme, o\u00f9 se d\u00e9roulent les \u00e9pisodes les plus marquants, qui n&#8217;est pas sans faire penser aux cartes qui accompagnent aujourd&#8217;hui bien des sagas fantastiques. Eh bien s\u00fbr, on y trouve des licornes, pr\u00e8s d&#8217;une fontaine.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1274\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amadis-de-Gaule-plan-de-lile-Ferme-et-du-donjon-1274x2048.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2117\" style=\"width:394px;height:644px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amadis-de-Gaule-plan-de-lile-Ferme-et-du-donjon-1274x2048.jpg 1274w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amadis-de-Gaule-plan-de-lile-Ferme-et-du-donjon-187x300.jpg 187w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amadis-de-Gaule-plan-de-lile-Ferme-et-du-donjon-768x1235.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amadis-de-Gaule-plan-de-lile-Ferme-et-du-donjon-955x1536.jpg 955w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Amadis-de-Gaule-plan-de-lile-Ferme-et-du-donjon-scaled.jpg 1592w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1274px) 100vw, 1274px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Feliciano de Silva, <i>L\u2019onzi\u00e8me livre d\u2019Amadis de Gaule, traduit d&#8217;espagnol en francoys, continuant les entreprises chevalereuses et aventures estranges, tant de luy que des princes de son sang, 1559.<\/i><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Les licornes de mer tiennent tout \u00e0 la fois du grand hippocampe grec et du narval. Plus encore que leurs cousines terrestres, elles n&#8217;ont le plus souvent sur les cartes qu&#8217;une fonction d\u00e9corative, au m\u00eame titre que le char de Neptune, les navires pris dans la temp\u00eate, les serpents de mer, les pieuvres g\u00e9antes et les combats de triton. Il n&#8217;y a donc pas grand chose \u00e0 en dire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow aligncenter\" data-effect=\"slide\"><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_container swiper\"><ul class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_swiper-wrapper swiper-wrapper\"><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1394\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-723\" data-id=\"723\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Trafic-03-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-2048x1394.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Trafic-03-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-2048x1394.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Trafic-03-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Trafic-03-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Trafic-03-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-1536x1046.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Trafic-03-Speculum-Orbis-Terrarum-441x300.jpg 441w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Cornelius de Jode, <i>Speculum Orbis Terrarum, <\/i>1593. <br \/>Cette licorne de mer est purement d\u00e9corative, tout comme les sir\u00e8nes et tritons que l\u2019on voit sur d\u2019autres pages du m\u00eame atlas.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_slide swiper-slide\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"530\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_image wp-image-716\" data-id=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Licorne-de-mer-Andreas-Homem-BN-CPL-GE-CC-2719.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Licorne-de-mer-Andreas-Homem-BN-CPL-GE-CC-2719.jpg 800w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Licorne-de-mer-Andreas-Homem-BN-CPL-GE-CC-2719-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Licorne-de-mer-Andreas-Homem-BN-CPL-GE-CC-2719-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/Licorne-de-mer-Andreas-Homem-BN-CPL-GE-CC-2719-453x300.jpg 453w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_caption gallery-caption\">Andreas Homem, <i>Universa ac navigabilis totius terrarum orbis descriptio, <\/i>Anvers, 1559.<br \/>\nBNF, Cartes et Plans, CPL-GE CC 2719 \n<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-prev swiper-button-prev swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-next swiper-button-next swiper-button-white\" role=\"button\"><\/a><a aria-label=\"Pause Slideshow\" class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_button-pause\" role=\"button\"><\/a><div class=\"wp-block-jetpack-slideshow_pagination swiper-pagination swiper-pagination-white\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/faidutti.com\/blog\/licornes\/wp-admin\/post.php?post=690&amp;action=edit#_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> Cit\u00e9 in Frank Lestringant, <em>Cosmographie universelle de Guillaume Le Testu, <\/em>2012<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Si certaines des licornes de terre ou de mer sur les portulans et mappemondes indiquaient bien la pr\u00e9sence suppos\u00e9e de l\u2019animal, ici ou l\u00e0, d\u2019autres ne font gu\u00e8re que remplir les blancs de la carte. 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