Ebstorf World Map: Asia at the Edge of the World

(1) Here Alexander has imprisoned the ghastly Gog and Magog, who the devil will have in his entourage. They eat human meat and drink blood.

(2) The Panothi live here. Their ears are big enough to cover their whole body.

(3) The town of Samarkand lies in Gazarin, a Skythian landscape. With a circumference of 100 miles it is bigger than Babylon and is governed by both a heathen and a Christian king.

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