A tale of a friendship between a Pagan lad and a Christian hermit on the Isle of Elba in AD 572. Vince Rockston writes historical fiction addressing contemporary spiritual issues.
This is a copper engraving by the Dutch artists Willem Janszoon and Joan Blaeu, based on Giovanni Antonio Magini’s original of 1598. Many thanks to Paolo Ferruzzi, who keeps this map in his Academy of Works of Art in Poggio.
Funnily enough, Silvanus’ map, though less elaborate, looks far more accurate to the modern eye.
Thanks to Polina, the brilliant cartographer who drew the maps of Silvanus’ wanderings in and around Elba, the story has now even visited this center of Russia’s cultural life and top tourist destination.
This map shows the scope of Aquila’s travels so far.