Treaty of Tordesillas between the Catholic Monarchs and the King of Portugal
Treaty of Tordesillas between the Catholic Monarchs and the King of Portugal
The first circumnavigation of the Earth: the expedition of Magallanes and Elcano
The Accademia del Cimento and the experimental method
Robert Boyle and his essay General Heads for a Natural History of a Country, Great or Small codifying the scientific literature of travel
The second expedition of Captain Cook (1772-1775), who sailed the Atlantic, Indian Ocean and Antarctic Sea, narrated by Georg Forster
How to make a medieval manuscript
The two globes were made in 1683 by the Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli and were offered to Louis XIV by Cardinal d’Estré
The first modern atlas: Theatrum orbis terrarum (Theatre of the World) by Abraham Ortelius
Historian Georges Duby’s lecture on Chartres Cathedral and its influence on material, political, economic and cultural conditions in the 13th century
Terrestrial globes by Willem Janszoon, updated to the geographical discoveries of the 17th century