Map showing the old city of Jerusalem
Map showing the old city of Jerusalem
The first modern atlas: Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theatre of the World) by Abraham Ortelius
Terrestrial globes by Willem Janszoon, updated to the geographical discoveries of the 17th century
The Atlas Maior by Willem Janszoon and Joan Blaeu, updated to the geographical discoveries of the 17th century
The new Larcum Kendall K1 marine chronometer to be tested on Cook’s second voyage
The third voyage of James Cook and The search for the Northwest Passage
“Mappemonde or reduced map of the known parts of the globe to serve for the Voyage”, tratto da l’Atlas de Le voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde (1792)
The Locations of the Studia in Medieval Europe
The students’ privileges of Bologna carved on a plaque, affixed in a public place, in the early 15th century
The Cosmography of Ptolemy and the map of the ecumene created using Ptolemy’s second projection