— Leventhal Map Center (@bplmaps) April 11, 2016. Klein wanted to find a way to reach out to anyone who's interested in early maps, but may be intimidated by the flowery scripts, Latin words and ...

This 430-year-old world map, digitized for the first time, is “more than just a map!,” according to historian David Rumsey. You’re looking at one of the most extraordinary maps ever created ...

Work on the first atlas was started in 1473 and finally published in 1478. There are very few surviving examples of this atlas (One is preserved in the Karpeles Manuscript ...

Experts have restored one of the largest known early maps of the world, and it's glorious, mythical creatures and all. The hand-drawn map was created 430 years ago by Urbano Monte. Centuries later ...

Early world maps consisted of these three parts, but sometimes mentioned a "fourth part of the world." This fourth part became a reality on a printed map for the first time when in 1507 German ...

Historical maps, like this world map from the Portolan Atlas by Battista Agnese, ... showcases how European scholars meticulously represented their world from the 13th century to the early 1800s.

New Yorker staff writer Jill Lepore talked about different examples of historic interpretations of the world. She explored various examples of maps and images that represented the Americas and the ...

Maps must be more than static reference tools; they must be dynamic platforms that reflect the world as it changes.

Unfold any map of Virginia today and you expect to get good directions. But such absolute reliability was not always the rule. Before Gov. John White returned from Sir Walter Raleigh’s ill-fated ...

Old world maps and atlases are chock full of history, uncharted territories and, if you look carefully, sea monsters. Why There Are So Many Sea Monsters In Early World Maps - WBEZ Chicago ...