Cantino Planisphere The Cantino world map is reflective of the earliest maps that existed and contains the geographic discoveries that the Portuguese made in the eastern and the western regions. It was six pieces of parchment that were attached to one another on a canvas depicting a world that was prevalent among the Europeans post voyages that occurred during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries towards America, Africa, and India, the places are marked as per their astronomy influenced latitudes. Manchu Manchu is a group of people from the northeastern region