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.

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.

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.

The University of Cambridge project reveals sky-high homicide rates in medieval London, York and Oxford and shows that male college students were among the most frequent killers.

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 ...