On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room – and rightfully so, considering its historical significance and imposing size (2.4m x 2.4m ...

This depiction of the world as Ptolemy knew it, published in a 1482 edition of Geographia, was printed from carved wood blocks. Any maps Ptolemy himself created have been lost, but later scholars ...

It is incised with maps of the known world of 1524, including North America, as explored by Giovanni da Verrazzano. ... The Book of Marvels: Imagining the Medieval World.

Earth The magnificent medieval map that made cartography into a science. Some 550 years ago, a Venetian monk named Fra Mauro set out to create a world map.

Art & Tech The World’s Oldest Map of the Stars, Lost for Thousands of Years, Has Been Found in the Pages of a Medieval Parchment. The ancient Greek astronomer Hipparchus catalogued the ...

Hipparchus, who's also known as the father of trigonometry, is often considered the greatest astronomer of ancient Greece. Parts of his star map appear to have shown up in the Codex Climaci ...

A map pinpointing hundreds of homicides in 14th-century England could help teach medieval history. By Isabella Kwai A spice merchant stabbed by a fruit seller over a longstanding feud. A street ...

Scientists map medieval town that's been buried beneath the sea for 661 years. ... complex world with connections that stretch across continents and seas," he said. ...

On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room – and rightfully so, considering its historical significance and imposing size (2.4m x 2.4m ...