National Geographic news: A Spy, a Map, and the Quest for Power in 16th-Century Europe
A Spy, a Map, and the Quest for Power in 16th-Century Europe
National Geographic news: This 16th-century map is teeming with sea monsters. Most are based on a real mammal.
This 16th-century map is teeming with sea monsters. Most are based on a real mammal.
Stanford University experts digitally assembled what is considered the largest world map produced in the 16th-century. The representation of the world of 1587 by the Milanese cartographer Urbano Monte ...
In 1502, as Europeans hungrily looked to the vast new continent across the Atlantic Ocean, innovative maps of these unfamiliar territories became objects of power and intrigue. Alberto Cantino, an ...