The funerary monuments of the glossators depict them in the act of teaching their students
The funerary monuments of the glossators depict them in the act of teaching their students
Transposition of the navigation route of Magellan and Elcano’s first round-the-world voyage in flat projection and displayed on the globe from any perspective
Interactive exploration of the planisphere drawn up in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller using measurements and information gleaned from navigators and cartographers then in the service of Spain and Portugal
The first modern atlas: Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theatre of the World) by Abraham Ortelius
The Accademia del Cimento and the experimental method
Terrestrial globes by Willem Janszoon, updated to the geographical discoveries of the 17th century
Robert Boyle and his essay General Heads for a Natural History of a Country, Great or Small codifying the scientific literature of travel
The Atlas Maior by Willem Janszoon and Joan Blaeu, updated to the geographical discoveries of the 17th century
The second expedition of Captain Cook (1772-1775), who sailed the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Antarctic Sea, narrated by Georg Forster
The new Larcum Kendall K1 marine chronometer to be tested on Cook’s second voyage