The Cosmography of Ptolemy and the map of the ecumene created using Ptolemy’s second projection
The Cosmography of Ptolemy and the map of the ecumene created using Ptolemy’s second projection
Letter from John II of Portugal to Ferdinand the Catholic (1493) informing him of the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the port of Lisbon
Climate change and the greenhouse effect
Planisphere commissioned in 1502 by Alberto Cantino, an ‘orator’ sent by Ercole I d’Este to Portugal
The Neolithic Revolution. The birth of agriculture
German artist Otto Progel’s 1836 painted copy of the original planisphere Kunstmann IV lost in a bombing raid during World War II in 1945
Homo sapiens to conquer the world
Memoir attributed to Ferdinand Magellan in which he justifies the Moluccas’ belonging to Spain
Nomads and Gypsies. The Shiites
The Padrón Real of Diego Ribero: the cartography of the known world after the expedition of Magellan and Elcano