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.

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 ...

a 15th-Century monk somehow designed an astonishingly accurate planisphere of the world. On the second floor of the Library of Saint Mark in Venice, a map of the world occupies an entire room ...

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 ...

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 ...