A color map of 15th century Italy shows that Italy served as a gateway between Europe and the Ottoman Empire. Points of interest
shown on the map include Kingdom of Naples, Milan, Papal States, Ottoman Empire, Walachia, Bosnia, Hungary, Austria, and Serbia. There is a yellow line that encircles Venice, tracing the various shipping routes taken up the coast of and through the Adriatic Sea. Public Domain What is an appropriate title for the map?
The title of the map would be: "The states that made up the Italian Nation in the fifteenth century"
One of the distinctive features of the political organization in Italy was the importance of the city-states and in particular of the republics, which in the fifteenth century some had lost their independence, but not the Renaissance cities such as Florence and Venice. At the beginning of the fifteenth century the Italian territory was very fragmented in states of varying size and importance. The decline of the cities had led to a process of institutional strengthening, concluded with the establishment of signorie (the equivalent of the Iberian lordships), together with the oligarchic republics, founded previously.
The journey from Africa to the West Indies or North America Usually took about two months. However, the journey would take longer due to vagaries of bad weather that made navigation challenging
