Terrestrial globes by Willem Janszoon, updated to the geographical discoveries of the 17th century
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
How to make a medieval manuscript
The third voyage of James Cook and The search for the Northwest Passage
The two globes were made in 1683 by the Venetian cosmographer Vincenzo Coronelli and were offered to Louis XIV by Cardinal d’Estré
“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)
Historian Georges Duby’s lecture on Chartres Cathedral and its influence on material, political, economic and cultural conditions in the 13th century