Photograph of a moment of prayer in a makeshift mosque
Photograph of a moment of prayer in a makeshift mosque
Online exhibition that shows the art of the sacred books of Christianism, Judaism and Islam
Virtual exhibition of the Jewish Museum of Frankfurt
The first modern atlas: Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theatre of the World) by Abraham Ortelius
The two globes were made in 1683 by the Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli and were offered to Louis XIV by Cardinal d’Estré
Terrestrial globes by Willem Janszoon, updated to the geographical discoveries of the 17th century
Historian Georges Duby’s lecture on Chartres Cathedral and its influence on material, political, economic and cultural conditions in the 13th century
The Atlas Maior by Willem Janszoon and Joan Blaeu, updated to the geographical discoveries of the 17th century
Sir David Attenborough talks about Cook’s nautical charts and Joseph Banks’ collection of plants and animals
The new Larcum Kendall K1 marine chronometer to be tested on Cook’s second voyage