In 15th-century Europe, the apocalypse weighed heavily ... ends with a short discussion of the purpose and function of world maps. It’s here, Van Duzer says, that the author outlines an ...

It was hailed as the first proof of Viking exploration to the America and the earliest known map of the New World. Moreover ... was forged and drawn on a 15th Century parchment.

It was hailed as the first proof of Viking exploration to the America and the earliest known map of the New World. Moreover ... was forged and drawn on a 15th Century parchment.

When it surfaced in 1957, it was too good to be true: a purported 15th-century world map depicting an island to the far west labeled Vinilandia Insula -- the fabled Vinland -- proof positive ...

From maps produced for the kings of Spain and Portugal to a 12th-century world map oriented with south at the top and a life-size hand coloured photograph of a 15th-century map of the world, the ...

The Vinland Map, once believed to be the earliest cartographic depiction of the New World, has been proven ... an in-depth analysis of the purported 15th-century map, determining that it was ...

For his contemporaries, Speed’s maps were not, of course, primarily decorative. As were many early maps, according to Kristina Chan, director of Plaintiff Press (who is currently producing prints ...

MADRID (Reuters) - The FBI has returned two 15th century world maps stolen from Madrid's national library this year. The rare maps were found by an FBI agent working in the New York art world ...

The first map of detailing the ‘Kingdom of the Scots’ has been loaned to the University of St Andrews' Wardlaw Museum by British Library in London The 15th Century Hardyng Map was drawn in the ...