Dating back to the 6th century B.C.E., the Imago Mundi, most commonly known as the Babylonian Map of the World, is the oldest surviving world map. Although it may not be entirely accurate ...
Timemap ' combines a world map with a timeline, and by manipulating the timeline you can look back in history to see place names and wars that occurred at the time. The top page of Timemap looks ...
What to do? He decided that a magnificent gift—a lavish map of the world—might maneuver him into the new king’s good graces. D’Annebault hired Pierre Desceliers, one of the best ...
Alberto Cantino, an Italian spy, acquired a Portuguese map showing stunning finds in the New World. This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine.
The geographical material of the map is contained within ... are around 500 drawings of the history of humankind and the marvels of the natural world, including some 420 cities and towns, 15 ...