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the classical world had provided a mythical name for the Western end of Eurasia

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Europa was the name of a Phoenician princess abducted by Zeus, named Europe

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a Mediterranean myth

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Zeus comes and abducts the princess and brings her back to Crete

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sex and sea intermingled with the everlasting appeal of beauty and the beast

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this name wasn't used widely until Renaissance times

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for most of antiquity, the name for those living in Europe was Romans

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maps of 7th century Isidor

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three parts: Asia, Europe, Africa

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Europeans was used when referring to the Crusades

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Europe was also referred to as Christendom, and its inhabitants Christians

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1453 Ataman Turks took Constantinople, came as a shock

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the later split of the Reformation and Counter-Reformation demolished the idea of a united Christendom

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the nominal shift from Christendom to Europe gained momentum in the mid-16th century

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Abraham Ortelius (1527-1598)

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a Flemish/Netherlandish cartographer and geographer, conventionally recognized as the creator of the first modern atlas

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1572 Theatrum Orbis Terrarum: The Representation of the Lands of the World

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front cover graphic

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Europe at the top with the scepter and cross that is about to dominate the world

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below Europe

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richly dressed Asia with a ceremonial vessel

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semi-naked Africa

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nude and cannibal America

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Orelius was an enthusiastic traveler but only in Europe

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his representations of Asians, Africans, and Americans look like Europeans

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the Chinese name for Europe

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by the 2nd century BCE, the Chinese began to gain some knowledge of what they called the Western regions

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Zhang Qian (d. 113 BCE)

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brought back a report that covered most of Central Asia and west to Mesopotamia

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more detailed accounts second Han Dynasty in the 5th century

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by this time, the Roman Empire was approaching its end

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probably describes the Eastern Roman Empire, mostly Roman Syria, which the Chinese called Da Qin [da-CHEEN]

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"the inhabitants of that country are tall and well-proportioned"

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Da Qin was the same that was used in the 8th century to define the place of origin of the Nestorian missionaries that had arrived to China

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Nestorianism

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doctrine that emphasizes a distinction between the human and divine persons of Jesus, advanced by Nestorius (386–450)

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Fulin

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another name for Europe

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identified with Byzantium

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both Da Qin and Fulin can be found in writings of the Ming Dynasty (1368–1644)

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1405 Korean Kangnideo map

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silhouette of Europe

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Matteo Ricci (1552-1610)

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an Italian Jesuit priest and one of the founding figures of the Jesuit China missions

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drew maps of Europe at end of 16th century

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showed to the Chinese