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 ...

The second copy, created between 1526 and 1527, includes a foldout map of the world. It is a version of a T-O map, which were common in medieval Europe. These maps were simple diagrams consisting of a ...

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.

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.

A University of Cambridge research team has mapped murders that took place around the 14th century to create interactive murder maps of three English cities.

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 ...

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 ...