world maps - History Lab https://historylab.es Tue, 10 Jan 2023 18:00:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://historylab.es/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/cropped-icono-historylab-32x32.jpg world maps - History Lab https://historylab.es 32 32 Interactive exploration of the Waldseemüller planisphere https://historylab.es/interactive-exploration-of-the-waldseemuller-planisphere/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=interactive-exploration-of-the-waldseemuller-planisphere Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:42 +0000 https://historylab.es/interactive-exploration-of-the-waldseemuller-planisphere/ 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

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]]> The large planisphere designed by Martin Waldseemüller in 1507 and consisting of 12 sheets (138 cm high and 238 cm wide) represents the most up-to-date map of the time, based on the geographical knowledge gained from Spanish and Portuguese overseas navigations, starting with those collected by Amerigo Vespucci during his sailings in the New World from 1497 to 1504 (it is in honour of Vespucci that Waldseemüller christened those lands with the name America). Interactive exploration makes it possible to appreciate the density of the information contained in the map and to decipher its structures and graphic symbols.

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]]> The Atlas of the voyage of La Pérouse https://historylab.es/the-atlas-of-the-voyage-of-la-perouse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-atlas-of-the-voyage-of-la-perouse Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:41:33 +0000 https://historylab.es/the-atlas-of-the-voyage-of-la-perouse/ "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)

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]]> For the great explorations of the second half of the 18th century, the discovery of new lands and their eventual conquest became a recondite option, while interest in the contribution that the expedition could make to progress in the disciplines of ‘natural history’ increased. The instructions on the scientific objectives to be pursued, the methodologies of observation and experimentation, and the narrative canons for the restitution of the results achieved are therefore refined. In this sense, the French expedition of La Pérouse, which took place between 1785-1788 (but from which he did not return), plays an important role, as witnessed by the four volumes of the ‘Voyage de La Pérouse autour du monde’ written by Milet de Mureau, published in 1797. Attached to them is the Atlas, of which the Mappamonde opens the review of 113 maps and illustrations on the voyage

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