Earth:Terra pericolosa

Short description: Italian phrase for "dangerous land", used in cartography

Terra pericolosa is an Italian phrase for "periculous land", used in cartography to denote regions that are believed to be likely to put the travellers in jeopardy. Such regions would probably not have been mapped or documented fully.

See also

• Earth:Early world maps
• Earth:Here be dragons – Phrase used on maps to indicate uncharted areas
• Earth:History of cartography – The development of cartography, or mapmaking technology
• Earth:Terra Australis – Hypothetical continent
• Earth:Terra incognita – "Unknown land", area not mapped by cartographers
• Social:Terra nullius – International law term for unclaimed land
• Unsolved:Bermuda Triangle – Urban legend based off of region in North Atlantic
• Earth:Vigia (nautical) – Warning on a nautical chart indicating an unsurveyed potential hazard